Police investigate donations by Tice company to Reform UK
Tice has said the money was given to his firm by Fiona Cottrell, a significant donor to Reform UK and mother of a convicted fraudster with close links to Nigel Farage.Tice said: "This is the first I have heard of it - if true why are the Met Police briefing the BBC before contacting interested parties? Tice was chairman of Reform UK until 11 July, having previously been its leader. Farage has since stepped down as an MP and is standing for re-election in the constituency of Clacton.Farage has consistently argued any money given to him before he was elected an MP came in a personal capacity and therefore did not need to be declared.
- ▪Tice has said the money was given to his firm by Fiona Cottrell, a significant donor to Reform UK and mother of a convicted fraudster with close links to Nigel Farage.Tice said: "This is the first I have heard of it - if true why are the Me
- ▪Tice was chairman of Reform UK until 11 July, having previously been its leader.
- ▪Farage has since stepped down as an MP and is standing for re-election in the constituency of Clacton.Farage has consistently argued any money given to him before he was elected an MP came in a personal capacity and therefore did not need t
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Police investigate donations by Tice company to Reform UKImage source, PA NewsByJack Fenwick, Political correspondent and Phil Kemp, Political correspondentPublished21 minutes agoPolice are investigating payments to Reform UK by a company controlled by the party's deputy leader, Richard Tice, BBC News has learned.Britain Means Business gave the party two donations of £250,000 in the run-up to the 2024 general election, when Tice was party chairman. Tice has said the money was given to his firm by Fiona Cottrell, a significant donor to Reform UK and mother of a convicted fraudster with close links to Nigel Farage.Tice said: "This is the first I have heard of it - if true why are the Met Police briefing the BBC before contacting interested parties? Is the Met leadership now engaged in the…
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