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Police Probe £250k Reform UK Donations Linked to Tice

7/26/2026

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Police are probing payments to Reform UK from a firm controlled by deputy leader Richard Tice.
Britain Means Business gave Reform UK £250,000 in instalments before the 2024 election, a donation Tice said came from donor Fiona Cottrell, mother of a convicted fraudster linked to Nigel Farage.
The Times reported that two donations from Cottrell to Reform UK in May 2024 are under Metropolitan Police investigation for possible election-law breaches.

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Police are probing payments to Reform UK from a firm controlled by deputy leader Richard Tice.
Britain Means Business gave Reform UK £250,000 in instalments before the 2024 election, a donation Tice said came from donor Fiona Cottrell, mother of a convicted fraudster linked to Nigel Farage.
The Times reported that two donations from Cottrell to Reform UK in May 2024 are under Metropolitan Police investigation for possible election-law breaches.