There were hundreds of empty seats in the hall as Farage gave his closing address at the event in Birmingham., which had been overshadowed by revelations in a Channel 4 sting

James Orr and Dan Jukes, aides to Nigel Farage, stepped down after an investigation by Channel 4 News

Addressing Reform UK’s annual conference, British right-wing leader Nigel Farage admitted there had been “loose pub talk” by two aides on donations but declared the party had not…