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More revelations are coming out about donations to Reform UK. The Sunday Times Insight team have discovered that the Metropolitan Police are investigating a £500,000 donation from the mother of convicted fraudster George Cottrell. How will this affect Farage’s chances in the Clacton by-election now scheduled for August? And what does it say about the state of political donations in the UK more widely?
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Guests:
- Gabriel Pogrund, insight editor, The Sunday Times.
- Richard Tice, Reform UK MP.
- Peter Geoghegan, investigative journalist.
Host: Ayesha Hazarika.
Producer: Musty Aziz.
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Read more: Police investigate Reform donations by mother of fraudster who bankrolled Farage
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