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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Sep 9Met Police Open 2000 Act Probe Into Reform UK Over Foreign Funding Allegations
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Sep 9Summary
- A criminal investigation is under way into whether Reform UK broke political finance law over donations and polling, the Metropolitan Police said.
- The probe follows a Channel 4 News and Verbatim Investigations broadcast last week, and detectives are seeking footage linked to that report.
- The Met said all allegations concern potential offences under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 and that officers are liaising with the Electoral Commission and Crown Prosecution Service.
- Reform UK denied wrongdoing and said it would fully cooperate, putting a live police investigation at the center of scrutiny over party funding rules.
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Could the undercover sting on Reform UK expose a massive loophole in how foreign money secretly influences British elections? Will Nigel Farage face criminal charges over alleged US-linked donations, or was the Channel 4 broadcast an elaborate entrapment?