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Nigel Farage says Reform would have paid back £500,000 dodgy donation

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Nigel Farage claims that his party, Reform UK, would have returned a £500,000 donation from a US-based individual if it had been received. The donation is at the centre of a funding row and police are facing calls to investigate potential breaches of electoral law. No evidence exists to confirm whether the money was actually donated or accepted by Farage's party. Farage insists that any non-compliant donations would be immediately returned, but police and the Electoral Commission are assessing potential evidence from undercover footage.

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Reform UK, a British populist party led by Nigel Farage, has been embroiled in a scandal over foreign donations. The party received £4 million from Ben Delo, a crypto entrepreneur who was convicted of a banking secrecy violation in the US and pardoned by Donald Trump, accounting for 75% of its donations last quarter. However, an investigation by Channel 4 News found that Reform UK officials were secretly filmed discussing ways to circumvent UK electoral laws on foreign donations. Two senior officials, Dan Jukes and James Orr, have stepped down pending an internal investigation.

The undercover reporters from Verbatim posed as an American donor and his son who had paid for polling allegedly commissioned by Reform UK and were seeking to channel money to the party. Accepting donations from a foreign company can constitute a criminal offence, and the party has been reported to the police. The Liberal Democrats have also asked Parliament's standards watchdog to investigate the claims.

Farage has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, saying that his party had broken no laws and dismissing Jukes' comments as "loose pub talk." However, the footage appears to show senior Reform figures discussing how to disguise donations from foreign sources, which could be a serious breach of electoral law.

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Nigel Farage on stage after delivering his closing speech on the third day of Reform UK Annual Conference Mr Farage sings the national anthem with other Reform UK members including Richard Tice, Zia Yusuf and Lee Anderson Police and the Electoral Commission are assessing potential evidence from the reporting by the US group Verbatim Investigations.

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🔮 - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Nigel Farage on Sunday claimed Reform would have returned a £500,000 donation at the centre of a funding row.

2026-09-07 · Daily Mail

Nigel Farage says Reform would have paid back £500,000 dodgy donation · assertive framing

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- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Nigel Farage on Sunday claimed Reform would have returned a £500,000 donation at the centre of a funding row. asserted

Reform → see → row

Police are facing fresh calls to investigate claims that Mr Farage was willing to accept the donation despite being warned the money was coming from the United States in an apparent breach of a ban on foreign donations. uncertain

money → face → donations

Undercover footage broadcast by Channel 4 last week showed the Reform UK leader thanking two fake donors as it was explained to him that a man posing as an American businessman would donate the money via his UK-based son. asserted

man → broadcast → son

Mr Farage told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: 'People send us money, we send money back all the time if it's not compliant. asserted

it → tell → money

And if any money had come through this route, it would have been sent straight back.' asserted

it → come → route

Mr Farage was forced to sack top aide Dan Jukes and policy chief James Orr on Friday after they were recorded apparently discussing ways to get round electoral law. asserted

they → force → law

Mr Farage insisted the men were not authorised to deal with donations. asserted

men → insist → donations

The Reform UK leader claimed he had not been paying attention when the plan was set out over a lunch of champagne and oysters in Clacton, where he was battling to secure his re-election at a by-election triggered over another funding row this summer. asserted

he → claim → row

He said: 'I am not a compliance officer. asserted

I → say → ?

I turn up, I frankly wasn't even listening.' asserted

I → turn → ?

Police → deliver → group

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds told Times Radio: 'Any political party that aspires to power and wants to win the confidence of the British people must be willing to abide by British laws and rules. asserted

that → tell → laws

That is the minimum we should expect.' asserted

we → expect → ?

Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffith said: 'As a leader, you cannot absolve yourself on matters that are so important.' But Mr Farage said: 'This has been a deliberate attempt to do this to us. asserted

This → say → us

I don't believe we have any guilt at all, none whatsoever.' asserted

we → believe → guilt

Meanwhile, Robert Jenrick yesterday reacted to footage of a protester being dragged by her hair at Reform's conference in Birmingham by saying 'boohoo'. asserted

protester → react → Birmingham

A video showed audience members pulling the protester's hair, with a man then hitting her with a walking stick. asserted

man → show → stick

Asked about the incident on Sky News's Sunday Morning programme, Mr Jenrick said: 'Oh boohoo.' asserted

Jenrick → ask → programme

'We're now in a country where somebody who is – whatever she is – a far-Left protester, goes into a party conference, tries to wreck the leader's speech, and cries foul if a pensioner knocks her over the head with their Zimmer frame, I mean, come on, get a life.' asserted

I → go → life

West Midlands Police has asked the protester to come forward in light of the footage. asserted

Police → ask → footage

Reform UK's home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf condemned members who pulled the hair of the heckler. asserted

who → condemn → heckler

Chairman Lee Anderson said the party would be having a 'whip round' for an audience member who was seen hitting the protester with a walking stick. asserted

who → say → stick