Scandal

• Nigel Farage is fighting to manage a donations scandal following Channel 4 allegations that the Reform party breached political donation rules. • Party spokesperson Zia Yusuf distanced himself from the situation, stating he is not personally involved with the two suspended men. • The party is simultaneously attempting to maintain momentum by confirming plans to raise the tax-free personal allowance to £15,000.

• Reform UK officials resigned following a Channel 4 News undercover investigation into the party's funding practices. • The documentary alleges that officials breached political donation rules by arranging for an overseas company to pay for polling. • One official was filmed suggesting ways to evade electoral laws to facilitate donations to the party from abroad.

Reform UK leader maintains innocence in overseas funding controversy on last day of party conferenceUK politics liveNigel Farage has claimed that he “wasn’t even listening” during a meeting at the centre of a controversy about whether his party considered evading the law on accepting donations from overseas.The Reform UK leader also claimed that he knew donation law “better than anybody” during interviews as he sought to salvage the final day of his party conference from the fallout that has already cost him two of his closest aides. Continue reading...

Farage, who had earlier suspended two close aides, had his keynote speech interrupted multiple times by protesters on FridayMorning, and welcome to our UK politics blog. Reform UK’s annual conference continues in Birmingham today, with speeches from Lee Anderson, Zia Yusuf, Robert Jenrick and others, before Nigel Farage takes to the stage for the closing remarks.The conference has been overshadowed by a scandal involving senior Reform figures caught in an undercover sting discussing potential foreign donations, prompting the suspension of two senior aides and renewed scrutiny of the party’s finances. Continue reading...

• Nigel Farage is facing a leadership crisis after two key aides resigned hours before his scheduled conference speech. • Police confirmed they are currently in talks with the Electoral Commission regarding a sleaze scandal involving the Reform party. • The timing of these departures and the police inquiry threaten the stability of the party's leadership during a high-profile event.

• Nigel Farage addressed the Reform party conference to maintain leadership after officials resigned following reports to police regarding a plot to evade donations laws. • During his speech, Farage accused the Labour party of planning tax increases and called for Andy Burnham to hold a general election. • Farage suggested the party may consider adopting a U.S.-style system of political appointments for judges.

Splits emerge within party after resignation of officials reported to police for apparent plot to evade donations lawNigel Farage sought to shore up his damaged leadership on Friday as he attempted to distance himself from two of his most senior officials reported to the police for apparently plotting to evade the law on foreign donations.As the scandal engulfed Reform UK’s party conference in Birmingham, Farage was forced to suspend his closest aide, Dan Jukes, and head of policy, James Orr, after an undercover investigation by reporters from a group called Verbatim. Continue reading...