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Reform UK officials' foreign donations investigation
Gone quiet since
Where it stands
Reform UK suspended Dan Jukes and another official after footage showed them discussing foreign donations and Electoral Commission codes, prompting an internal investigation. The latest report says both aides have stepped down and the party has been referred to police and the Electoral Commission; the reports do not say the internal investigation has concluded or that Reform has resolved any resulting disciplinary action.
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The story so far
Update 22 days later
'Obviously Not': The Sting That Left Reform Fighting on Three Fronts
Hidden cameras caught aides plotting secret US cash for polls. Farage calls it pub talk — but with police and the standards chief already circling older millions, the party faces three live inquiries at once.
Still open after this report
- No evidence the discussed £500,000 foreign donation was ever paid or received.
- No verified account of who knew what inside Reform, or whether polling should have been declared.
Update 1
Lunch, Polls and a £500,000 Plan: The Sting That Cost Farage His Inner Circle
A Channel 4 sting alleging secret US polling payments and a £500,000 front-donor plan has cost Nigel Farage his two closest lieutenants — and left police to decide what happens next.
What moved
- Lee Anderson tells Sky News Orr and Jukes have stepped down
Still open after this report
- No finding yet that any impermissible donation was accepted or that Farage knew of a plan.
History
Opened1 report
Who's involved
People
- Dan JukesBritish political communications adviser2 reports
Nigel FarageBritish politician2 reports
Bridget PhillipsonBritish politician (born 1983)1 report- Christopher HarborneBritish businessman and technology investor based in Thailand1 report
Ed DaveyBritish politician (born 1965)1 report- Fiona CottrellPeerage person ID=520201 report
George CottrellBritish political activist, financier, and convicted felon1 report
Lee AndersonBritish politician (born 1967)1 report
Places
- Clacton-on-SeaClacton-on-Sea, UK2 reports
- NECPendigo Way, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1NT, UK1 report
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom1 report
- WestminsterWestminster, London, UK1 report
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