Civil servant Philip Rycroft has put together a report “ringing the alarm bell” about “covert foreign influence campaigns” in UK politics. And the government has responded with an immediate crackdown on all cryptocurrency transactions in particular, which could cause big problems for Reform UK.

This increasing scrutiny of Reform’s dodgy finances comes just as the party has let its mask slip again by dropping its promise to part-nationalise energy and water companies.

A crackdown on Reform’s crypto shadiness

In 2025, Reform leader Nigel Farage promised a “crypto revolution”, saying the party would start to accept crypto donations. Reform has already received at least £12m from cryptocurrency investor…