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Evening Standard
Politics
Christopher McKeon

Nigel Farage dismisses foreign donations claim as ‘loose pub talk’

Nigel Farage faces renewed pressure over his party’s finances. (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Nigel Farage has dismissed suggestions Reform UK had previously taken disguised foreign donations as “loose pub talk” that “simply were not true” as he sought to move on from allegations about the party’s finances.

Reform’s head of policy James Orr and long-serving Farage aide Dan Jukes have stepped down and the party has launched an investigation following allegations they breached political donation rules by having polling paid for by an overseas company.

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