Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNigel Farage has dismissed allegations of Reform UK breaching political donation rules, saying that his former right hand man Dan Jukes was guilty of “loose pub talk”. Mr Jukes and Reform official James Orr have resigned after a Channel 4 News report alleged that the party accepted funding from a US firm for polling. The party launched an internal investigation into claims that a US company paid £32,500 for three polls commissioned earlier this year. Undercover reporters from investigative group Verbatim posed as a wealthy American financier and his son to conduct the sting operation. Mr Jukes was filmed appearing to suggest a method to circumvent UK electoral laws to secure a £500,000 foreign donation. Mr Farage accused far-left activists of targeting Reform UK figures in an “exercise in entrapment”. In fullNigel Farage dismisses foreign donations claim as ‘loose pub talk’More bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Farage labels Reform donations sting an ‘exercise in entrapment’
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNigel Farage has dismissed allegations of Reform UK breaching political donation rules, saying that his former right hand man Dan Jukes was guilty of “loose pub talk”. Mr Jukes and Reform official James Orr have resigned after a Channel 4 News report alleged that the party accepted funding from a US firm for polling. The party launched an internal investigation into claims that a US company paid £32,500 for three polls commissioned earlier this year. Undercover reporters from investigative group Verbatim posed as a wealthy American financier and his son to conduct the sting operation. Mr Jukes was filmed appearing to suggest a method to circumvent UK electoral laws to secure a £500,000 foreign donation. Mr Farage accused far-left activists of targeting Reform UK figures in an “exercise in entrapment”. In fullNigel Farage dismisses foreign donations claim as ‘loose pub talk’More bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
