Nigel Farage Acknowledges Reform UK’s £72m Donations May Fall Foul of Law Change
Ministers plan to backdate limits on overseas and newly returned donors after Reform UK accepted two £36 million crypto gifts.
- On Saturday, Reform UK announced receiving £72 million in donations from crypto billionaires Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, triggering immediate political scrutiny over foreign funding rules.
- Party leader Nigel Farage maintained the donations were "100% compliant" with existing laws, though he acknowledged they might face scrutiny under proposed changes in the Representation of the People Bill.
- Proposed rules would restrict expat donations to £100,000, backdated to March 25, potentially affecting Delo and Harborne, who lived abroad until earlier this year.
- Communities Secretary Angela Rayner denounced the donations, accusing the donors of "trying to buy our democracy" and attacking Reform's opposition to the Employment Rights Act.
- TUC general secretary Paul Nowak and Unite's Graham criticized the funding scale, arguing there was "no similarity between care workers chipping in a few quid a year through their union and a party bought and paid for by billionaires.
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The large sums received in recent days by Reform UK have caused an earthquake in the country. A law to better regulate such donations is in the process of being drafted.
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Farage says £72million donations to Reform UK are ‘legal today’
Nigel Farage’s billionaire donors Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, lived abroad until earlier this year. A bill currently in parliament would force newly returned UK residents to wait a year before making substantial political donations. The new law will be backdated to March, as suggested by the report that prompted the change. That potentially makes the Reform donations illegal. The Communities Secretary Angela Rayner accused the two men of …
72 million pounds received the National Populist Reform UK within two days and thus blew up all previous frameworks. Too much money and too much influence are now found many on the island
Farage flounders as he's accused of taking £72m from crypto 'sugar daddies'
Nigel Farage acknowledged Reform may fall foul of incoming foreign donor laws - on a day when Angela Rayner accused him of accepting £72m from 'sugar daddies' and alarm was raised in the House of Lords
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