Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK
Sources say the Reform UK leader’s aide deposited several tranches of hundreds of thousands of dollars into his mother Fiona’s account shortly before she donated to the party. Photograph: Mark Kerrison/AlamyView image in fullscreenGeorge Cottrell with Nigel Farage in 2019. These platforms allow crypto-assets to be changed for hard currency, such as US dollars or British pounds.
- ▪Sources say the Reform UK leader’s aide deposited several tranches of hundreds of thousands of dollars into his mother Fiona’s account shortly before she donated to the party.
- ▪Photograph: Mark Kerrison/AlamyView image in fullscreenGeorge Cottrell with Nigel Farage in 2019.
- ▪These platforms allow crypto-assets to be changed for hard currency, such as US dollars or British pounds.
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| Publication time | Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:34:47 GMT |
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George Cottrell with Nigel Farage in 2019. Sources say the Reform UK leader’s aide deposited several tranches of hundreds of thousands of dollars into his mother Fiona’s account shortly before she donated to the party. Photograph: Mark Kerrison/AlamyView image in fullscreenGeorge Cottrell with Nigel Farage in 2019. Sources say the Reform UK leader’s aide deposited several tranches of hundreds of thousands of dollars into his mother Fiona’s account shortly before she donated to the party.
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