By JILL LAWLESS
LONDON (AP) — British political parties will be banned from accepting donations in cryptocurrencies, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Wednesday, saying illicit finance poses a “stark” danger to the country’s democracy.
Starmer told lawmakers that “we will act decisively to protect our democracy” from outside meddling. “That will include a moratorium on all political donations made through cryptocurrencies,” he said during the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session in the House of Commons.
The move could be a financial blow to the hard-right party Reform UK. The party led by Nigel Farage is one of the few in Britain to accept cryptocurrency donations.
The government also said it will put an…
