Reform clears its own officials of breaking party funding laws despite police investigation

Nigel Farage met the undercover reporters as would-be donors but later said he had not been listening when the scheme was explained to him. Photograph: Thomas Krych/AP

Reform UK has cleared two of its senior officials of breaking laws that ban foreign donations, despite the matter remaining under police investigation.

The party published a 27-page report of an internal inquiry finding that Dan Jukes, Nigel Farage’s press adviser, and James Orr, its head of policy, had not breached funding rules.