Reform UK officials resign over undercover donation scandal

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Two senior officials from the UK's right-wing Reform UK party resigned on Friday, September 4, after a Channel 4 undercover report accused them of attempting to circumvent electoral law to accept a £500,000 donation from an American citizen. James Orr, the party's program chief, and Dan Jukes, a close aide to Nigel Farage, stepped down pending an internal investigation. The report also accuses them of breaking rules by having a foreign company fund a poll. Nigel Farage denies any wrongdoing and faces a separate parliamentary probe over a £5 million donation. The scandal comes amid a difficult summer for the party, which is also under police investigation over its finances.


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