Millions of pounds and many, many questions: the untold story of why Reform figures face NCA scrutiny

Reform’s Nigel Farage and Richard Tice. Transactions involving the party’s leadership have been referred to the National Crime Agency. Composite: Guardian Design/AFP/Getty, Getty, AP

The rise in public support for Reform UK – and Nigel Farage’s own prediction that he expects to be the UK’s next prime minister – has put the party and its leader in unfamiliar territory.

Their policies and candidates are coming under greater scrutiny, and now, so is their funding.