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Reform UK instructs councillors on donations inquiry response

Reform UK has instructed its councillors to describe an ongoing police donations inquiry as an 'establishment stitch-up,' according to internal party briefing notes. Party members are being directed to frame the investigation as part of a pattern of political attacks.

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Reform councillors told to describe donations inquiry as establishment stitch-up

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‘Daily routine of hit jobs and smears will not deter us from winning next general election,’ party briefing notes say Reform UK has instructed its councillors to describe a police investigation into donations from the mother of George Cottrell as an establishment stitch-up, as polling showed the party’s popularity plummeting. Internal briefing documents circulated to the party’s councillors includ