Reform UK officials step down after undercover film alleges foreign donation scheme
September 6, 2026 at 06:55 AM
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Nigel Farage tells BBC he 'wasn't listening' during foreign donor talks filmed undercover
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Why Reform UK undercover donations claims are legally complicated
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Reform UK winded by donations row as insiders call for shift in approach
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Reform has faced a 'campaign of attacks', Farage says
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'Loose pub talk': Nigel Farage responds to undercover report
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Nigel Farage says his aides' donor comments were 'loose pub talk'
(opens the publisher’s site)An undercover Channel 4 report has alleged Reform UK aides discussed routing foreign donations to the party; two senior figures have stepped down pending an investigation.
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Channel 4 News broadcast undercover footage showing Reform aides discussing a proposed £500,000 donation from an American donor via his UK-based son; no donation was made.
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Reform aides Dan Jukes and James Orr have stepped down pending the party's internal investigation; both deny wrongdoing, with Jukes calling the filming "entrapment."
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Farage told the BBC he"frankly wasn't even listening" during the filmed conversation, dismissed the comments as "loose pub talk," and said his family were "begging" him to leave politics.
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Labour and the Liberal Democrats have reported Reform to the Metropolitan Police, which said it is assessing the claims;the Electoral Commission said it is considering the information.