Police widen criminal probe into Reform UK over foreign funding claims
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · Western Europe
British police said on Wednesday a criminal investigation into the populist Reform UK party would be widened to include allegations made in a documentary that officials planned to break electoral law on foreign funding. Reform, led by veteran Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, denied any wrongdoing and a spokesman for the party said it would “fully cooperate” with the investigation. Farage, under investigation by a parliamentary watchdog about earlier donations, was forced to sack two of his...
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