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Politics● LowSep 4 · Sep 4, 2026, 11:11 AM

2 Reform UK advisers to Farage step down amid donation scandal

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · Western Europe

Britain’s populist Reform UK said two senior advisers to leader Nigel Farage stepped down on Friday after an undercover investigation alleged the party had broken electoral law by arranging for a foreign donor to pay for political polling. Reform denied any wrongdoing and said it had been the victim of a hoax perpetrated by climate activists. The governing Labour Party wrote to the police asking them to investigate possible criminal offences, including an alleged proposal to channel a larger...

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