Reform UK suspends two senior officials after undercover report on donations

Revelations are further blow to Nigel Farage before conference speech, with Labour reporting party to police

Reform has suspended two senior officials after they were filmed in an undercover investigation appearing to plot to get around electoral laws on foreign donations.

In a blow to Nigel Farage hours before his conference speech, the party said it had launched an investigation into the actions of James Orr, the party’s head of policy, and Dan Jukes, a senior aide to Farage, after the broadcast by Channel 4 News.