Farage’s Reform UK gets second record £36 million donation in 48 hours

R ReutersSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-09-12 · 14:24 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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Cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne has donated £36 million to Britain's anti-immigration Reform UK party. This donation, made on Saturday, matches a similar record contribution received by Nigel Farage's party just a day prior. In less than 48 hours, Reform UK has received a total of £72 million from two donors. This significant funding comes as the party prepares for the next election and faces allegations of funding irregularities, which it denies. The total amount donated exceeds the spending of both the Labour and Conservative parties in the previous election campaign. The funds are intended to help Reform UK gain voter support before the election, scheduled for by 2029.

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Reform UK denies allegations about irregularities in its funding.

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Reform UK is preparing for the next election, due by 2029.

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The donation figure exceeds what Labour or Conservatives spent in the last election campaign.

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Reform UK received a total of £72 million from two donors in less than 48 hours.

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Christopher Harborne donated £36 million to Reform UK.

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Cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne said on Saturday he had donated £36 million (US$49 million) to Britain’s anti-Immigration Reform UK, matching an already record contribution to Nigel Farage’s party a day earlier as it prepares for the next Election.The donation gives the veteran Brexit campaigner’s party £72 million from two donors in ‌less than 48 hours at a time when it is confronting allegations about irregularities in its funding, which it denies.The figure exceeds what either the governing Labour Party or the opposition Conservatives spent during last year’s Election campaign, according to Electoral Commission figures. The funds will help Reform, whose lead in opinion polls has slipped over the funding allegations, win over voters before the next Election, which is due by 2029.

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