Reform UK's Cash-for-Access Scandal: The Police Investigation and Farage's Tightrope Walk

The Metropolitan Police has launched a formal criminal investigation into Reform UK over allegations it broke foreign funding laws, following an undercover sting by Channel 4 News that caught senior aides discussing ways to circumvent electoral law.

On the Record

The Met's Special Enquiry Team confirmed it is probing "potential offences" under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, folding the new allegations into an existing inquiry into Reform's pre-election donations....