Reform officials filmed plotting to bypass foreign donation laws

Nigel Farage faces fresh criticism after an undercover Channel 4 investigation filmed Reform UK officials appearing to plot to circumvent electoral laws on foreign donations, ahead of the party's conference. Undercover journalists posing as a UK supporter and his American father, an impermissible donor, paid £30,000 for polling commissioned by Reform that benefited the party. The polling was not attributed to Reform, and the benefit in kind was not reported to the Electoral Commission. Reform denied wrongdoing, calling it a hoax by climate activists. Labour and Liberal Democrat leaders called for investigations, while the party faces scrutiny over its reliance on overseas mega-donors amid new donation caps.