By September 13, 2026, Nigel Farage's Reform UK raised £72 million ($97 million) in record donations over 24 hours from cryptocurrency billionaires Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo, far surpassing typical UK political fundraising. The massive influx prompted questions about political influence and economic policy alignment.
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Nigel Farage’s Reform UK received a second multi-million pound donation, bringing the total raised over the past 24 hours to £72 million ($97 million) and far surpassing the amounts raised by the rival Labour and Conservative parties so far this year.
The donations come from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, who will match a £36 million donation by BitMEX founder Ben Delo.
Reform UK’s economic spokesperson talks to Sky News and BBC after record donations Christopher Harborne matches £36m Reform donation of Ben Delo Analysis: Donations of £72m make Reform’s prospects both rosier and riskier Good morning and welcome to the Guardian’s politics live blog in what is a fairly tumultuous period in electoral financing. To recap: In the past 48 hours, Reform UK has received