Reform UK aides resign over illegal donation scheme

Two Reform UK aides, James Orr and Dan Jukes, resigned after an undercover report exposed an attempt to secure an illegal £500,000 donation from an American donor. The investigation by Verbatim Investigations, aired Thursday on Channel 4, shows Jukes suggesting ways to bypass UK electoral law, which only permits donations from registered British voters. The aides are also accused of having a foreign company fund a poll. Reform UK announced an internal inquiry, with both men resigning pending its findings. At the party's convention in Birmingham, Nigel Farage denied any law-breaking and said no dubious money was received. Farage already faces a parliamentary inquiry over a £5 million donation and a police investigation into party funding.