Reform UK faces new funding scandal as two officials resign

Nigel Farage has rejected allegations of financial irregularities in his anti-immigration Reform UK party, following a Channel 4 undercover report suggesting a close aide proposed circumventing electoral law to accept a £500,000 donation from an American citizen. Two party officials, Dan Jukes and James Orr, resigned pending an internal investigation after the report aired Thursday. Farage admitted the "café conversations" should never have happened but insisted the party broke no laws and received no money from suspicious sources. The controversy adds to existing scrutiny, including a parliamentary inquiry into an undeclared £5 million donation from cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne. Recent Ipsos polling shows two-thirds of Britons believe Farage is not ready to be prime minister.