Will the £72m of donations to Reform UK be allowed?
Christopher Harborne, Nigel Farage and Ben Delo. Photograph: LPN/Getty Images/The Ben Delo FoundationView image in fullscreenChristopher Harborne, Nigel Farage and Ben Delo. So someone returning to the country in the summer would have to wait for about 18 months before they can donate more than £100,000.Crucially for Harborne and Delo, this rule will apply retrospectively from 25 March.
- ▪Christopher Harborne, Nigel Farage and Ben Delo.
- ▪Photograph: LPN/Getty Images/The Ben Delo FoundationView image in fullscreenChristopher Harborne, Nigel Farage and Ben Delo.
- ▪So someone returning to the country in the summer would have to wait for about 18 months before they can donate more than £100,000.Crucially for Harborne and Delo, this rule will apply retrospectively from 25 March.
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- ▪ Farage says £72m donations are compliant 'with the law today' — BBC News — UK
- ▪ Farage: Donations to Reform '100% compliant with the law today' — BBC News — Politics
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Christopher Harborne, Nigel Farage and Ben Delo. Photograph: LPN/Getty Images/The Ben Delo FoundationView image in fullscreenChristopher Harborne, Nigel Farage and Ben Delo. Photograph: LPN/Getty Images/The Ben Delo FoundationParty fundingExplainerWill the £72m of donations to Reform UK be allowed?Key questions surrounding the huge sums donated by crypto billionaires Christopher Harborne and Ben DeloKiran Stacey and Henry DyerMon 14 Sep 2026 14.41 EDTLast modified on Mon 14 Sep 2026 14.42 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleReform UK announced over the weekend the two biggest single political donations in British history: £36m from the Thailand-based crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne and a further £36m from another crypto billionaire, Ben Delo.However, by Monday experts were…
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