# Parliamentary Standards Commissioner

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-14**: Lords second reading of Representation of the People Bill — The bill, including a £100,000 first-year limit on donations from returning overseas voters, has its second reading.
- **2026-09-12**: Reform receives £72m in two gifts — Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo each donate £36 million to Reform UK within 24 hours.
- **2026-09-12**: Reform denies donor rewards — Reform UK states the donors want nothing and will never receive a peerage, knighthood, or government contract.
- **2026-09-12**: Farage outlines spending plans — Nigel Farage tells the Daily Telegraph the money will fund research, policy, and recruitment to prepare for government.
- **2026-09-11**: Harborne matches with £36m — Christopher Harborne matches Delo's record donation hours later, announcing it in The Daily Telegraph and keeping his position as Reform's largest donor.
- **2026-09-10**: Ben Delo gives £36m record donation — BitMEX co-founder and Trump-pardoned crypto billionaire Ben Delo donates £36m, eclipsing the £10m Conservative legacy as the largest political donation on record.
- **2026-09**: Police open funding probe; MPs back donation caps — The Metropolitan Police announce an investigation into foreign-funding allegations following a Channel 4 News report, and MPs back measures including a cap on overseas donations.
- **2025-08**: Harborne gives £9m to Reform UK — The single donation was the largest to a UK political party by a living person at the time.
- **2025**: Trump pardons Ben Delo — Donald Trump grants a presidential pardon to Ben Delo after his conviction for violating the US Bank Secrecy Act.
- **2024-07-04**: Farage elected MP; £5m Harborne gift comes under scrutiny — Harborne's £5m cash gift to Farage, made ahead of the July 2024 general election, becomes the subject of a Parliamentary Standards Commissioner investigation over non-declaration.

## Recent coverage (4 stories, network-wide)

### Two Crypto Billionaires Hand Reform UK £72m in 24 Hours
2026-09-13 00:55:58 · Sector: crypto · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

Reform UK has pulled in £72m in roughly 24 hours from two crypto billionaires — BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo and Thailand-based investor Christopher Harborne — the largest political donations in British history. The windfall lands as the Metropolitan Police probe foreign-funding allegations and Labour pushes a cap on overseas donor cash. For crypto, it marks the sector's biggest single leap into UK political influence.
Full story: https://getcryptobrief.com/story/reform-uk-crypto-billionaires-72m-donations

### Reform's £72m Donations Face UK Donation Law and Standards Scrutiny
2026-09-13 00:54:45 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

Reform UK's £72m in crypto-billionaire donations raises disclosure, corruption, and standards-of-conduct questions. Nigel Farage's undeclared £5m personal gift from Christopher Harborne is already under investigation by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, while the party's no-rewards pledge remains legally unenforceable.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/reform-72m-crypto-donations-uk-political-finance-law

### £72m Reform UK Donations Reshape British Political Finance
2026-09-13 00:54:33 · Sector: finance · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

Two crypto billionaires have given Reform UK £72m in 24 hours, the largest political donation in British history and equal to three-quarters of all 2024 general election spending. The influx reshapes the UK political funding landscape and raises questions about concentration of donor influence and the returns big money can buy.
Full story: https://getfinancebrief.com/story/reform-72m-crypto-donations-uk-political-spending

### Crypto Donors Inject £72m into Reform UK's Pro-Bitcoin Agenda
2026-09-13 00:54:21 · Sector: crypto · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

Crypto billionaires Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo have handed Reform UK £72m in 24 hours, the largest political donation in British history. The gift supercharges a party already promising crypto tax cuts, a Bitcoin reserve, and cryptocurrency donation acceptance, giving the UK crypto sector an unprecedented political war chest.
Full story: https://getcryptobrief.com/story/crypto-donors-72m-reform-uk-bitcoin-policy

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