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- The UK government is considering enhanced residency tests to tighten rules on foreign political donations.
- The proposals would backdate to March 2026 and could affect Reform UK’s £72 million donations from Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne.
- Ministers have introduced a £100,000 cap on overseas UK citizens’ party donations for the first 12 months after return.
- Angela Rayner called for a wider cap to stop donors ‘overpowering and buying their way into democracy’.
