Overview
- Nigel Farage’s net favourability has fallen to -45 after Monday’s YouGov poll recorded a record 69% of Britons viewing him unfavourably.
- Reporting says two crypto entrepreneurs reportedly gave Reform UK £36m each, a total of £72m that has intensified scrutiny of how large political gifts are handled.
- The Metropolitan Police have opened a criminal investigation into alleged breaches of donation rules and senior Reform staff including Dan Jukes and James Orr have resigned.
- Reform and Farage say the money will be used to prepare for government and that the donors sought no return, while campaign groups and some MPs demand caps and stricter rules.
- Parliamentary debates on donation limits and overseas funding rules are now taking on new urgency and the controversy could reshape party funding oversight and right‑of‑centre politics in the UK.