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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Alasdair Ferguson

Police investigating Reform UK donations by fraudster's mother

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage during a press conference at The Loose Box in Westminster (Image: PA)

POLICE have launched a criminal investigation into at least £500,000 of donations made to Reform UK by the mother of a convicted criminal who is at the centre of Nigel Farage’s donations scandal.

Fiona Cottrell, whose son is convicted fraudster George ­Cottrell, is at the centre of a Metropolitan Police inquiry looking into potential offences relating to “the evasion of restrictions on donations” to Reform, according to The Times.

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