Investigations launched into polling firm at centre of Reform UK allegations

Nigel Farage, the Reform leader, and his adviser Dan Jukes arrive at the Clacton byelection in August. Jukes and James Orr, the party’s head of policy, were recorded apparently plotting to bypass electoral laws. Photograph: Toby Shepheard/Reuters

A polling firm at the centre of allegations that Reform UK breached electoral law is being investigated by two industry bodies.

JL Partners, which is run by former Conservative aides, has been accused of breaking transparency rules by failing to declare that three separate polls had been commissioned by the party.