Reform UK receives record £72m in donations from two cryptocurrency billionaires

Reform UK has received £72m in donations from cryptocurrency billionaires Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo, the largest political gifts in British history, amid a police probe into the party's finances.

• Harborne and Delo each pledged £36m ($48.7m) to Reform UK since Friday, bringing the party's total donations for the year to £86m.
• Harborne wrote in the Daily Telegraph that the donation was a "philanthropic gift" to the country and that he felt "inspired" to match Delo's contribution.
• Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said the money would be used to "professionalise" the party, adding that the donors want "a government that will fix Britain."
• London's Metropolitan Police has launched a criminal investigation into whether Reform accepted illegal foreign donations.