Senior Reform official cast doubt over legality of huge donations

Politics The Guardian By Rowena Mason Whitehall editor 20 Oct 2026 18:40 1 min read
Senior Reform official cast doubt over legality of huge donations

Exclusive: Admission from James Orr to undercover reporter came three months before party was given £72m A senior Reform UK official raised questions about whether major donations from billionaire backers Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo would be legal under the proposed new foreign donors cap three months before they gave £72m to the party. James Orr, who was then Reform UK’s head of policy and a Cambridge professor, discussed potential difficulties around future donations from Harborne and De

James Orr, who was then Reform UK’s head of policy and a Cambridge professor, discussed potential difficulties around future donations from Harborne and Delo in undercover footage captured by the investigative reporting group Verbatim.

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