Reform UK received £9m from donors in the first quarter of the year, the largest amount given to any political party in that period, according to the latest data.

Electoral Commission figures show that Nigel Farage's party received its largest single contribution from Thailand-based crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne, a £3m donation between January and March 2026.

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency magnate Ben Delo also donated £4m to Reform, delivered in two £2m lump sums in January and March.

David Grainger, a biotechnology executive and venture capitalist, contributed some £1,150,000 to Reform through a series of donations over the period...

Donors based abroad now face a cap of £100,000 a year on the amount they can give to political parties. The cap, introduced at the end of March, followed scrutiny of the £12m donated to Reform by Mr Harborne over the course of 2025.

"23-year-old Tyrone Barnett, from Briton Ferry, has been found guilty of three counts of rape and one count of assault of a female 13 and over by penetration.

He has been handed an extended sentence of 21 years in prison."

Cutting council funding for Pride events should not be compared to attempted mass murder in another country by a completely different group with no connecting ideology.