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Reform UK Advisers Resign Over Alleged Foreign Donation Scheme

9/5/2026

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Reform UK advisers James Orr and Dan Jukes resigned after an alleged foreign donation scheme.
Channel 4 News and Verbatim released undercover video showing the advisers planning poll funding through a U.S. company.
The scheme would have paid £32,500 for polling, a benefit in kind not declared to the Electoral Commission.
Labour Party chair Bridget Phillipson referred the matter to the Metropolitan Police, though no investigation began.

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Reform UK advisers James Orr and Dan Jukes resigned after an alleged foreign donation scheme.
Channel 4 News and Verbatim released undercover video showing the advisers planning poll funding through a U.S. company.
The scheme would have paid £32,500 for polling, a benefit in kind not declared to the Electoral Commission.
Labour Party chair Bridget Phillipson referred the matter to the Metropolitan Police, though no investigation began.