Why have two Reform UK officials stood down after an undercover investigation? | BBC Newscast

Two senior officials stood down from Reform UK after a Channel 4 News report prompted the party to investigate claims about funding.

Nigel Farage’s senior aide Dan Jukes and Reform’s head of policy James Orr have both stood down pending the outcome of the internal probe. The undercover filming was done by Verbatim Investigations and broadcast by Channel 4 News. Reform UK has denied wrongdoing and Nigel Farage describes the operation as entrapment.

The footage appears to show an attempt to secure funding from someone they believed to be a foreign donor. Electoral law prohibits UK political parties from receiving financial contributions from people who can’t vote here. Reform denies any wrongdoing and says it has “been the target of a hoax perpetuated by foreign-funded climate change activists”. Adam and Chris discuss.

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