Two senior officials have stepped down from Reform UK after a Channel 4 News report prompts the party to investigate claims about funding
Undercover filming, broadcast by the outlet, shows Nigel Farage’s senior aide Dan Jukes suggesting a way to get around electoral law to secure a £500,000 foreign donation for Reform – watch a clip of the report
Jukes and James Orr, the party’s head of policy, have stepped down while the internal investigation takes place
Reform denies any wrongdoing and says it has “been the target of a hoax perpetuated by foreign-funded climate change activists”; Jukes says he has “stepped back from politics in order to clear my name”
Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission says it’s “in touch with” police and is “considering all relevant information, in line with our regulatory remit”
In a few hours, Farage is due to speak at Reform’s party conference in Birmingham
Nigel Farage’s senior aide Dan Jukes has released a statement, after he stepped down from Reform UK following the release of the Channel 4 report.
“This was entrapment over a prolonged period of nearly a year by foreign-funded climate change activists,” he says.
“I totally deny any wrongdoing but have stepped back from politics in order to clear my name.”
