Reform UK suspends two aides over foreign donations sting

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has suspended two senior aides after an undercover documentary allegedly showed them plotting to bypass UK laws on foreign donations, though Farage denies any wrongdoing and claims entrapment. Dan Jukes, the leader's senior aide, and James Orr, the party's head of policy, have stepped down pending an internal investigation. The Channel 4 documentary, produced by Verbatim, secretly recorded the pair discussing how a fictional American donor could fund polling through a UK-based intermediary, with over £30,000 paid for three polls that benefited Reform. Farage, filmed at a lunch with the fake donor, called the comments "jack-the-laddery" and insisted no illegal funding was taken. Labour has referred the documentary to the Metropolitan Police, while Farage also faces a separate probe over an undeclared donation from a Thailand-based crypto billionaire.