‘I wasn’t even listening,’ Farage says of donations scandal meeting
Reform UK leader maintains innocence in overseas funding controversy on last day of party conference
TL;DR
- Nigel Farage claims he "wasn't even listening" during a meeting where overseas donation laws were discussed.
- Two close aides, Dan Jukes and James Orr, were suspended after an undercover investigation filmed them appearing to discuss evading foreign donation laws.
- The Reform UK leader stated he knows donation law "better than anybody" and was told the money was coming via a UK family office.
- The Met police are assessing evidence regarding potential breaches of political funding laws by Farage, Orr, and Jukes.
- The Reform UK conference also featured policy announcements, including plans to increase the tax-free personal allowance to £15,000.
- An incident involving a climate activist being removed from the conference hall is being investigated by West Midlands police.