Update: Reform declines to say whether £72m donors returned to UK in time to meet 12-month limit

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Richard Tice states donations are legally compliant against the backdrop of speculation on overseas rules proposed in Rycroft report Reform UK’s deputy leader has declined to say when two crypto billionaires who gave a combined £72m to the party returned to the UK, as the architect of a review into overseas donations stated anyone here for less than 12 months would be subject to a limit on donations. The report also notes that Richard Tice stated that while he was completely confident Reform had complied with all current and proposed laws on donations, he could not say when Ben Delo returned to the UK from Hong Kong, or how much time the Thailand-based Christopher Harborne spent in Britain.

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