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Peter Murrell pictured in the back of a prison van

MPs launch party funding inquiry after Peter Murrell’s embezzlement from SNP

Reform UK merchandise on sale at the party’s annual conference at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham

Police investigating donations to Reform UK after claims in TV documentary

Nigel Farage on stage at the 2026 Reform party conference

Nigel Farage dismisses foreign donations claim as ‘loose pub talk’

Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage says Reform UK has ‘broken no laws’ as aides quit amid allegations

Close-up of a person wearing a Reform UK rosette

Reform reported to police over claims of funding rules breach

Peter Murrell in the back of a prison van

SNP writes off value of Peter Murrell motorhome and will not repay him £60k loan

Nigel Farage holding his hands up

Nigel Farage resigns and vows to fight by-election after pressure over finances

Nigel Farage

Farage will ‘make a statement on future in public life’ amid finances scrutiny

Reform UK rally – Norwich

Labour calls for elections watchdog to investigate Farage finances

Peter Murrell court case

No concerns raised about Murrell stealing taxpayer money, Commons says

A woman’s hand pressing keys of a laptop keyboard

Fact checks: Election candidate’s AI videos and clips of Muslims praying

Fact check: Postal votes made up majority of ballots in one 2025 local election

Farage: Reform candidate would have won by-election if only UK citizens voted

Elections watchdog will not investigate Nigel Farage’s constituency spending

Labour calls for Electoral Commission probe into Reform UK overspend claim

Watchdog rejects Tory call to reopen probe into Labour Together donations

McFadden defends ‘talented’ No 10 chief of staff McSweeney from Tory attack
The Conservative Party published legal correspondence on Morgan McSweeney’s handling of donations to the Labour Together group.
David Hughes, PA Political Editor

Tories demand investigation into McSweeney over think tank donations

Tory donations fall despite video game entrepreneur’s £1m gift

Plus Peter Rhodes on impartiality, slow cookery and the village that vanished down a ...

SNP loses thousands of members as deficit soars to nearly £500,000

Labour Party membership falls by almost 200,000 in five years

Elections watchdog agrees to help Kyiv counterpart plan for post-war votes

Ministers seeking ‘inappropriate’ influence on elections watchdog – ethics tsar

Sixteen-year-olds to be allowed to vote as ministers set out reforms

Harsher punishments planned for those who intimidate election candidates

Could you be a councillor? Shropshire residents encouraged to stand for election...

Tories received £50,000 donation from business linked to convicted billionaire
Prakash Hinduja is appealing the verdict by a Swiss court given shortly before a company linked to him donated £50,000 to the Conservative Party.
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Labour donor named in alleged cronyism row advises Chancellor on Treasury summit

SNP membership down by 9,400 in less than a year, accounts show

Basic IT security failings left electoral register vulnerable – data watchdog

Electoral Commission: Polling day ran ‘smoothly’ but ‘some’ could not vote

Fact check: Pencils are normally used to vote as ink can obscure ballot papers

What to expect in polling stations

What can the media report on election day?

Ofcom will not investigate Channel 4 over Farage’s Reform UK undercover sting

Explainer: How does election day work?

What should and should I not do on election day?

ID you need for voting - the cards that will and won't be accepted at polling st...

Sunak not concerned postal ballots delay may leave some voters disenfranchised

Fact check: Little evidence of postal vote fraud in the UK

Nearly two million applications to vote since General Election called

Love Actually producer helps Labour raise more than other parties in first week

Irish premier defends electoral system as ‘valued and transparent’

Police aware as 11 ‘Niko Omilanas’ stand for election in 11 constituencies

Tories accept another £5m from donor Frank Hester in racism row

What are the rules for political party donations?

Artists Sir Grayson Perry and Maggi Hambling among Labour donors

Largest donations accepted by Conservatives and Labour since January 2023

MSPs to receive cyber security training

Cyber security agency says China behind ‘malicious’ cyber attacks on UK

Council offers reassurance over election data after Electoral Commission cyber a...

Cabinet minister says voter ID ‘thoroughly good thing’ despite some people unabl...

Local elections marked ‘dark day for British democracy’ as some people unable to...

Voter ID needed for the local elections and what happens if you forgot to bring ...

Government will not know how many are put off by voter ID requirement, says MP

Telford council trains staff to handle 'difficult conversations' at polls ahead ...

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