Labour and the Liberal Democrats have reported Reform UK to the Metropolitan Police following undercover footage showing party officials discussing ways to circumvent rules on foreign political donations.

The Electoral Commission has confirmed it is assessing "all relevant information, in line with our regulatory remit" and remains in contact with the police regarding the claims.

The controversy follows an undercover investigation by Channel 4 News and Verbatim Investigations, which showed senior aide Dan Jukes and head of policy James Orr suggesting methods to bypass UK donation laws, including a prospective £500,000 contribution. UK electoral rules stipulate that donors must be registered UK electors or UK-registered companies.

Both men have been suspended by Reform. Mr Jukes denied wrongdoing, stating he was stepping away from politics to clear his name, while Mr Orr told Sky News he would cooperate fully with an internal party inquiry. Cambridge University, where Mr Orr serves as an associate professor of Philosophy of Religion in the Faculty of Divinity, confirmed it is looking into the situation.

Speaking to the BBC's Today programme, Reform's economic spokesman Robert Jenrick said party leader Nigel Farage had acted swiftly to suspend the aides, adding that legal advice indicated the party had not broken any laws.

The donation row has overshadowed Reform's flagship economic policy announced at its conference in Birmingham, where Mr Jenrick pledged to raise the tax-free personal allowance to £15,000 within the first 100 days of a Reform government.

Mr Jenrick described the measure as "money that people really need right now" and committed to resigning as chancellor if he failed to introduce it in his first Budget.

According to party estimates, raising the threshold from the frozen level of £12,570 by £2,430 would save most taxpayers roughly £500 a year and lift 2.9 million people out of paying income tax altogether.

Under current rules, workers earning over £100,000 lose £1 of their personal allowance for every £2 earned above that mark. Mr Jenrick argued that frozen thresholds mean minimum-wage workers lose more than £750 annually and warned that the state pension would soon become subject to tax.

Reform calculates the tax reduction will cost £17.7bn in its first year, rising to £21bn by year five. The party plans to fund this through £80bn in public spending reductions, including £50bn from the welfare budget.

While state pensions account for roughly half of the UK's £353bn welfare budget, Reform has insisted this portion will remain protected. Instead, it says savings will be achieved by ending benefit payments to non-British citizens and moving people off work due to mental health conditions back into employment.

The party also outlined plans to save £10bn by scrapping net-zero policies, £8bn by cutting civil service staffing, and £7.1bn by capping foreign aid spending.

I will continue to track the police and regulatory assessments into the party's donations, alongside reaction to its economic proposals.