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UK police probe donations to Farage's Reform party
While Nigel Farage is under scrutiny over financial gifts, British police are looking into almost 1 million in donations to his populist Reform UK party.
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Byline Times
· Jul 10, 2026
The Walls Are Closing In Around Nigel Farage’s Crypto Insurgency
Nigel Farage's party is now connected to multiple parliamentary and police investigations, as questions grow about its opaque crypto-connected funding, reports Matt Gallagher
South China Morning Post
· Jul 5, 2026
UK hard-right leader Farage faces new allegations over gifts
Hard-right British politician Nigel Farage on Sunday faced fresh allegations over non-disclosure of gifts after a newspaper reported a convicted fraudster paid for his security and staff before he became an MP. An MP said he had asked parliament’s standards commissioner to investigate the new claims against the leader of the anti-immigration Reform UK party, which is currently leading in opinion polls. Farage is already the subject of an investigation by the parliamentary anti-sleaze watchdog...
JOE.co.uk
· Jul 10, 2026
Police investigating Reform over donations
A statement has been released. The Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation into Reform UK over donations given to the political party. Recently, headlines in the news have been dominated by Nigel Farage stepping down as MP for Clacton over undeclared gifts received by convicted criminal George Cottrell, however, now attention has shifted to his []
Sky News Australia
· Jul 8, 2026
Nigel Farage is just ‘playing the game of politics’ like any other politician would
TalkTV Weekend Editor Phil Dave says Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage is just “playing the game of politics” as any other politician would. “The difference is what he’s doing is he’s actually using this opportunity to highlight to the British public what most politicians don’t want us to see, and that is just some of the dirty tricks that politicians play,” Mr Dave told Sky News host James Macpherson. “If we are picking on someone for receiving a donation here, then there are plenty of politicians that also receive very, very questionable donations. “It just so happens that this is a classic case of deflection.”
Metro
· Jul 5, 2026
Nigel Farage ‘secretly funded by criminal aristocrat who calls him Daddy’
Nigel Farage ‘secretly funded by criminal aristocrat who calls him Daddy’
The i Paper
· Jul 7, 2026
Reform will struggle to survive if Farage is brought down
Kitty Donaldson: Nigel Farage is facing off against a bevy of scandals – and they could reshape British politics as we know it
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Related coverage for "UK police probe donations to Farage's Reform party": Byline Times — The Walls Are Closing In Around Nigel Farage’s Crypto Insurgency. South China Morning Post — UK hard-right leader Farage faces new allegations over gifts. JOE.co.uk — Police investigating Reform over donations. Sky News Australia — Nigel Farage is just ‘playing the game of politics’ like any other politician would. Metro — Nigel Farage ‘secretly funded by criminal aristocrat who calls him Daddy’. The i Paper — Reform will struggle to survive if Farage is brought down