Farage to address Reform conference as party reported to police over funding
The party is under scrutiny after an undercover Channel 4 and Verbatim investigation alleged foreign-linked payments for three polls costing £32,500.
- Nigel Farage and his Reform party arrive in Birmingham for their annual conference, marking a critical moment after dominating British politics for most of the last two years.
- Reform's popularity has fallen from over 30 per cent to the low 20s in recent weeks, as the party failed to capitalize on an 18-month polling lead while facing new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
- Farage faces ongoing pressure over an undeclared £5m donation from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, claiming the standards committee investigation into the funds was rigged.
- A new option called Restore is polling at about 5 per cent, attracting rightwingers with backing from tech billionaire Elon Musk and his platform's algorithms.
- Prospects for a Reform government reaching Downing Street look unlikely, as the party faces criticism for hubris and has banned some journalists from the Birmingham event.
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A survey of Channel 4 News, conducted with hidden cameras along with the journalistic collective Verbatim, shows the former Brexit tribune and some of its close collaborators were filmed discussing a foreign donation offer of £500,000 to the party, banned by British laws
The British right-wing Reform UK party, led by Nigel Farage, is meeting for its annual conference today amid a fresh scandal over allegations that the party has broken funding rules. The Brexit campaigner had hoped to use the conference to overcome a series of funding disputes that have dented the anti-immigration party's support in the polls. But only...
'No illegal transaction occurred' and top aides were 'entrapped': Farage breaks silence on Reform UK foreign funding sting
Nigel Farage has told LBC that Reform has done “nothing wrong” after two party officials were caught accepting foreign donations in an undercover sting.
Nigel Farage Aide 'Suggests' Way Around Donations Law in Undercover Sting as Reform Leader Listens
Undercover footage has revealed senior Reform UK officials detailing methods to circumvent British electoral laws in order to secure a potential £500,000 foreign political donation. The investigation, conducted by Verbatim Investigations and broadcast by Channel 4 News, captures Dan Jukes, a senior aide to Nigel Farage, advising an undercover reporter on how to navigate strict statutory bans on overseas political funding. 'Our yearlong investiga…
The British right-wing populists of the party Reform UK are confronted with new accusations. Again it is about money. In the morning there will be first human consequences.
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