Reform UK said policy chief James Orr and adviser Dan Jukes stepped down pending an internal investigation after a Channel 4 undercover report alleged that a U.S. company paid more than £30,000 for three opinion polls commissioned by the party. Such an arrangement could breach British rules banning foreign political donations. Reform denied wrongdoing, saying climate activists posing as donors had entrapped the officials, while Labour asked the Metropolitan Police to examine possible criminal offences, including proposals to route a larger U.S. donation through a UK intermediary. The police said they would assess information but had not formally opened an investigation. The Electoral Commission (Britain’s political-finance regulator) said it was reviewing relevant information and stressed that it had not approved Reform’s donor-vetting process. The allegations emerged as Reform’s annual conference began and as Nigel Farage faced a parliamentary investigation into a £5 million donation from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne in 2024.