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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Heather Stewart

UK must cap political donations to stop the rich buying influence

Nigel Farage with Nick Candy  and Elon Musk
Elon Musk flanked by Nigel Farage (right) and Nick Candy, treasurer of Reform UK. Restore Britain’s Rupert Lowe is being openly backed by Musk. Photograph: Stuart Mitchell/PA

Just as Nigel Farage kicks off a summer of “arguing with a bin”, as the chancellor, Rachel Reeves called it, Labour’s bill to clean up politics returns to the House of Commons this week.

As more questions emerge about the financing of Reform UK and Farage’s mega-donor chums – through the brilliant reporting of Guardian colleagues – MPs should seize the opportunity to toughen it up.

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