As the leader of Reform UK, I am delighted and humbled by the extraordinary £36 million donation Christopher Harborne has made to our party. He joins Ben Delo, who has also donated £36 million, in making the largest financial contribution ever seen in British politics. Yet this remarkable, not to say extremely generous, donation is only part of a much bigger story.
Since Reform UK was established in 2021, Conservative and Labour have between them been able to raise considerably more money than we have. They have also received millions of so-called Short Money – public funds given to aid opposition
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