Two senior Reform UK officials resign as Farage faces fresh foreign donations scandal

Britain's Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage smiles before speaking at the Reform UK party conference, in Birmingham, Britain, September 4, 2026. © Temilade Adelaja, Reuters

Two senior officials from the hard-right Reform UK party stepped down Friday following a hidden-camera investigation that appeared to show them soliciting substantial foreign funding for party-commissioned opinion polls and a potential £500,000 donation from a US donor – banned under UK law.

British hard-right leader Nigel Farage sought to play down a fresh donations scandal Friday sparked by an undercover sting operation that overshadowed his Reform UK party's annual conference.