LATEST: Why are Scotland Yard investigating Reform donations?
The Story10 Juli

LATEST: Why are Scotland Yard investigating Reform donations?

More revelations are coming out about donations to Reform UK. The Sunday Times Insight team have discovered that the Metropolitan Police are investigating a £500,000 donation from the mother of convicted fraudster George Cottrell. How will this affect Farage’s chances in the Clacton by-election now scheduled for August? And what does it say about the state of political donations in the UK more widely?


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Guests:


  • Gabriel Pogrund, insight editor, The Sunday Times.
  • Richard Tice, Reform UK MP.
  • Peter Geoghegan, investigative journalist.

Host: Ayesha Hazarika.

Producer: Musty Aziz.

We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com


Read more: Police investigate Reform donations by mother of fraudster who bankrolled Farage

Further listening: Posh George: The criminal behind Farage

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