Met Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK foreign donations

In the long and contested history of money in politics, the question of who may fund a party — and from where — has always carried the weight of democratic legitimacy itself. The Metropolitan Police have opened a criminal investigation into Reform UK after undercover footage captured senior party aides apparently discussing ways to route foreign donations around British electoral law, including a potential £500,000 contribution from an American source. The inquiry, folded into an existing probe of other Reform donations, now proceeds alongside Electoral Commission scrutiny and intense parliame