Farage Says He Ignored £500,000 Reform Donation Talk as Police Review Sting Claims
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Sep 5
Farage Says He Ignored £500,000 Reform Donation Talk as Police Review Sting Claims
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Sep 5
Summary
Farage said he was "frankly wasn't even listening" during a recorded discussion in which aides appeared to explore routing a £500,000 US-linked donation to Reform through a UK-based son.
The Channel 4 and Verbatim sting also captured talk of a fake company paying for polling; under UK law, parties cannot accept foreign money via a British resident or UK company front.
Dan Jukes and James Orr have been removed or stood down pending Reform's internal investigation; Jukes denies wrongdoing and Orr says he will co-operate fully.
The row has engulfed Reform's Birmingham conference, with Labour and the Liberal Democrats urging a Metropolitan Police investigation that the force is still assessing.
Farage denied Reform had ever taken foreign money and said family pressure to quit politics is growing, underscoring how the scandal is deepening scrutiny after a recent poll slump.