Farage senior aide filmed suggesting way to avoid donations law

Nigel Farage's senior aide suggested a way to get around electoral law to secure a foreign donation of £500,000 for Reform UK, according to undercover filming broadcast by Channel 4.

Dan Jukes was filmed meeting a man posing as the British-based son of a rich American businessman.

Electoral law sets out that to be a permissible donor to a UK political party you must be a UK registered voter, or a company registered in the UK.

In this instance, the son would be a permissible donor, his father would not be.

The undercover filming was done by a group called Verbatim Investigations, which was founded by journalists from the Centre for Climate Reporting. Channel 4 News say they have verified the material they were given and chose to broadcast.

Reform UK denies any wrongdoing and claims to have "been the target of a hoax perpetuated by foreign funded climate change activists".

The reporter posing as the son of the American donor is filmed raising a concern that his father wouldn't be able to directly donate to the party within the law.

Filmed standing outside a pub in Westminster, Jukes said "you do realise that you can do it?"