Reform UK officials resign over alleged illicit campaign financing

Two senior officials in Nigel Farage's Reform UK party have resigned following an undercover investigation by Channel 4 alleging they facilitated illicit campaign financing. London police have confirmed they are investigating the claims, which Farage denies. The footage allegedly shows policy chief James Orr and aide Dan Jukes arranging £32,500 in payments from a US company for three polls. Jukes was filmed suggesting ways to bypass UK rules requiring donors to be registered British voters, telling an undercover reporter posing as a donor's son that the arrangement was permissible. Reform UK claims it was the victim of a hoax orchestrated by foreign-funded climate activists. The scandal adds to Farage's ongoing difficulties, including a separate parliamentary inquiry into an undeclared £5 million donation and recent polling declines against Labour and the Conservatives.