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Nigel Farage declined to rule out a post-election pact between his Reform Party and the Conservatives despite tensions. This followed Conservative minister Michelle Badenoch's criticism of Reform at the party conference and an internal review that found no evidence of electoral law breaches regarding foreign donations or covert funding, though it did identify inaccuracies in statements made by two senior figures who remain suspended. Farage insisted that legal action would be taken against Verbatim Investigations for allegedly encouraging his staff to circumvent laws during their undercover reporting.
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Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform Party, declined to rule out forming a post-election pact with the Conservatives on Channel 4 News. This follows an internal investigation by Reform, prompted by a Channel 4 report alleging electoral law violations and improper foreign funding, which concluded that no such donation took place and that polls were not paid for by undercover reporters. The report found two senior figures had made "wrong, careless, and untrue" statements but did not break the law. Reform has accused Verbatim Investigations of acting unlawfully and plans to take legal action against them shortly. Melissa Badenoch, Conservative MP, previously criticized Reform for wanting to “take us backwards” during a party conference speech.
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It comes after Mrs Badenoch used her Conservative Party conference speech on Wednesday to accuse Reform of wanting to “take us backwards”, adding: “To those who say ‘unite the right’, we are not uniting with that.”
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we → come → that
It also comes a day after an internal review concluded that Reform did not break electoral law after senior figures discussed how to disguise foreign donations.
asserted
figures → come → donations
The Reform investigation, sparked by a Channel 4 News report on Reform’s funding, found two senior figures had “said things that were wrong, careless and in one instance untrue”.
asserted
that → spark → instance
But the 27-page report published on Wednesday concluded the proposed £500,000 donation from a foreign source discussed in Channel 4’s report “did not take place” and Reform had not commissioned polls paid for by undercover reporters.
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Reform → publish → reporters
A Reform spokesperson said the party believed the production company involved in the report, Verbatim Investigations, had “acted unlawfully” and said it would take “appropriate legal action in due course”.
Mr Farage insisted the internal investigation was as thorough as an external one, and said the party would be launching legal proceedings against Verbatim “very shortly”.
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party → say → Verbatim
Speaking in Accrington in Lancashire, he told PA: “No laws have been broken, other than the company that was taken on by Channel 4, and they have clearly broken the law, and we will be issuing legal proceedings very, very shortly.
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we → speak → proceedings
“They were trying to encourage our people to give them advice as to how they could get round the existing laws, or frankly, just break the laws, and that of itself is a criminal offence.”
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that → try → itself
Mr Farage confirmed two members of staff, his long-time aide Dan Jukes and the party’s head of policy James Orr, are still suspended.
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members → confirm → policy
He said: “It’s all been reported to the police, and there’ll be an inquiry.
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It → say → police
I’m not concerned about the outcome, but they stay suspended.”
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they → ’m → outcome
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