Reform UK is handed record £9m donation

REFORM UK has recently received the biggest single donation in history to a political party from a living person, official figures show.

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Data released by the Electoral Commission reveal parties in the UK received £24 million in total donations between between July and the end of September, with donations to Nigel Farage’s party totalling £10.5 million.

This included £9 million from Christopher Harbome, a British businessman who made the donation on August 1.

Reform UK’s total donations were the largest of any party during the period, followed by the Conservative Party which received just under £7 million.

Labour received £2.5 million and donations totalling just over £2 million were given to the Liberal Democrats.