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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn and Peter Walker

‘I wasn’t even listening,’ Farage says of donations scandal meeting

Nigel Farage in a bright light blue suit against a Reform UK backdrop
Farage’s party had been hoping to move the focus to policy announcements as Reform’s conference closed in Birmingham on Saturday. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

Nigel Farage has claimed that he “wasn’t even listening” during a meeting at the centre of a controversy about whether his party considered evading the law on accepting donations from overseas.

The Reform UK leader also claimed he knew donation law “better than anybody” during interviews as he sought to salvage the final day of his party conference from the fallout that has already cost him two of his closest aides.

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