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Metropolitan Police investigating donations to Reform UK and former Tory leadership campaign
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Metropolitan Police investigating donations to Reform UK and former Tory leadership campaign
The force has launched inquiries into over £500,000 in donations to Reform UK and a £37,500 donation to Robert Jenrick's Conservative leadership campaign following Electoral Commission referrals.
- The Metropolitan Police confirmed investigations into donations made to a political party and a party leadership campaign, with two people interviewed under caution and no arrests made.
- The Reform UK case involves allegations that donations from Fiona Cottrell, mother of a convicted fraudster, were impermissible under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.
- Nigel Farage said the benefits from the Cottrell family were not related to his political activity and denied any wrongdoing.
- Robert Jenrick said the allegations of an impermissible donation from the US company Innovyz are false and that he fully cooperated with the Electoral Commission.
TopicsMetropolitan Police Inquiry Electoral CommissionDonations Investigation Reform Uk Tory Leadership
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