Britain's Electoral Commission is reviewing stricter spending limits for political parties, potentially hampering Reform UK's ability to deploy its record £72 million in donations from crypto-billionaires including Christopher Harborne. The review comes as Nigel Farage's party faces questions about how it can use the unprecedented funding.
BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo and Tether investor Christopher Harborne each donated £36 million to Nigel Farage's Reform UK party within 24 hours, representing the largest single donations in British political history. The combined £72 million ($97 million) is intended to help the insurgent party prepare for the next general election.
The UK House of Commons rejected legislation that would have allowed terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives, with 286 members voting against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. The defeat leaves Britain outside a growing list of European countries and 14 U.S. jurisdictions that permit some form of assisted suicide.
Britain's populist Reform UK party received a £4 million donation from Ben Delo, a crypto investor convicted of a banking secrecy violation in the US and pardoned by Donald Trump. The donation accounts for 75% of the party's donations last quarter.
Reform UK has unveiled plans for a 'skills revolution' that would see taxpayers subsidize part of young apprentices' wages through tax rebates to employers. Education spokeswoman Suella Braverman announced the policy, which has drawn criticism regarding the party's stance on higher education.
Richard Tice, deputy leader of Britain's right-wing Reform UK party, is under investigation by Parliament's standards watchdog over a September 2025 trip to Israel that included flights, accommodation, and hospitality organized by Reform Friends of Israel. The inquiry concerns whether he properly disclosed the trip in parliamentary remarks.
