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Political funding: Nigel Farage and Reform UK under pressure after undercover report airs

From Le Temps · () French

Translated from French and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Two Reform UK officials resigned after allegations that they tried to bypass British electoral law to accept money from an American donor.
  • Channel 4 News broadcast footage showing Nigel Farage and advisers James Orr and Dan Jukes meeting supposed political donors in Clacton, Essex.
  • The purported donors were actually a journalist and an actor working for Verbatim, while Reform UK rejected the report as a hoax.

Reform UK is facing fresh turmoil after an undercover report alleged that two of its officials tried to get around British electoral law to accept a £500,000 donation from an American citizen. The party’s anti-immigration profile has added political pressure to the controversy.

Two party officials resigned on Friday morning after the allegations emerged. The claims followed a video broadcast on Thursday by Channel 4 News in the United Kingdom.

The footage showed Nigel Farage meeting two of his closest advisers, James Orr and Dan Jukes, at a lunch in Clacton, Essex. They met men who said they wanted to arrange political donations.

The supposed donors were actually a journalist and an actor working for Verbatim. Reform UK denounced the operation as “a hoax.”

A hoax

· Reform UKThe party’s response to the undercover report and its allegations about political donations.
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Originally published by Le Temps in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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