Reform UK foreign funding violation investigation 2026
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Farage's Reform accused of violating UK foreign funding rules
Farage said the party had broken no laws and had not taken any dodgy money.
Channel 4 aired footage of senior Reform officials Dan Jukes and James Orr meeting with undercover reporters posing as prospective Reform backers from the United States.
James Orr said he had agreed to step down temporarily and would cooperate fully with the investigation.
Top Farage aides quit after undercover donations sting
Dan Jukes was Farage's long-term media chief.
Dan Jukes and James Orr resigned on the main day of the Reform UK conference in Birmingham on Friday.
Dan Jukes and James Orr stepped down amid an internal party investigation.
Nigel Farage senior aides resign over donation scandal
Channel 4 reported that the undercover donations totaled 32,500 British pounds.
Channel 4 aired an undercover investigation in which a journalist posed as the son of a wealthy American businessman.
There is an ongoing parliamentary investigation into a multimillion-pound donation to Reform from cryptobillionaire Christopher Harborne in 2024.
“Look, Reform has had many great people who have helped get us to where we are. And I have no doubt, given the talent pipeline that I do have visibility of, both at parliamentary level, potentially, and beyond it, we will withstand this, and ultimately, ultimately will come out strong on the other side,”
Nigel Farage heckled while denying Reform UK took illegal funding
An investigative report appeared to show that Reform UK had accepted illegal foreign donations.
Nigel Farage addressed Reform UK's party conference in Birmingham on Friday.
Nigel Farage denied that Reform UK took illegal foreign donations.
Nigel Farage's Reform UK gets a reboot
Channel 4 News alleged that Reform UK officials breached political donation rules by arranging to have polling paid for by an overseas company.
Farage resigned his parliamentary seat to prompt a by-election.
Nigel Farage said the party has "broken no laws".