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Watch: Undercover reporters posing as party donors meet with Nigel Farage The Metropolitan Police is carrying out a criminal investigation into Reform UK over allegations it broke foreign funding laws, following a broadcast by Channel 4 News last week.
观看：冒充政党捐助者的卧底记者会见奈杰尔·法拉奇 继上周第四频道新闻播出后，伦敦警察厅正在对 Reform UK 进行刑事调查，指控其违反外国资助法。
An undercover reporter recorded two senior Reform aides apparently suggesting a way around electoral law to secure foreign party donations, one of which would have totalled £500,000.
一名卧底记者记录到两名改革高级助手显然建议绕过选举法以获取外国政党捐款，其中一笔捐款总额为 50 万英镑。
The police investigation by the Met's Special Enquiry Team is being folded into an inquiry that has been under way into other donations to the party.
大都会特别调查小组的警方调查正在并入针对该党其他捐款的调查中。
A Reform UK spokesman said the party "denies any wrongdoing and will fully cooperate with the investigation".
英国改革党发言人表示，该党“否认有任何不当行为，并将全力配合调查”。
"We won't be commenting further while a live investigation is under way."
“在现场调查正在进行期间，我们不会进一步发表评论。”
A Met spokesperson said it had received "a number of reports relating to donations and polling involving a political party", after the film by Channel 4 News and Verbatim Investigations was shown on Thursday evening.
大都会新闻发言人表示，在第四频道新闻和逐字调查部门的影片于周四晚间播出后，大都会博物馆收到了“一些与涉及政党的捐款和民意调查有关的报告”。
In its statement, the Met Police said: "All allegations under investigation relate to potential offences under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000."
大都会警察局在声明中表示：“正在调查的所有指控都与《2000 年政党、选举和公投法》下的潜在犯罪行为有关。”
"Detectives continue to liaise closely with the Electoral Commission and Crown Prosecution Service as enquiries progress."
“随着调查的进展，侦探们将继续与选举委员会和皇家检察署密切联系。”
The police spokesperson said detectives were seeking to obtain footage relating to the broadcast.
警方发言人表示，侦探们正在寻求获取与广播相关的录像。
An Electoral Commission spokesperson said the Channel 4 News report included "serious allegations of wrongdoing", adding: "It is right that these are properly and thoroughly investigated by the police.
选举委员会发言人表示，第四频道新闻的报道包含“严重的不当行为指控”，并补充道：“警方对这些行为进行了适当和彻底的调查，这是正确的。
"In parallel, we are also considering all relevant information and regulatory steps."
“与此同时，我们也在考虑所有相关信息和监管步骤。”
The film overshadowed the party's conference in Birmingham and led to the party losing two key figures - Dan Jukes, chief of staff to the leader Nigel Farage, and James Orr, head of policy.
这部电影给该党在伯明翰举行的会议蒙上了阴影，并导致该党失去了两名关键人物——领导人奈杰尔·法拉奇的幕僚长丹·朱克斯和政策负责人詹姆斯·奥尔。
Watch: Farage senior aide filmed suggesting way to avoid donations law In the news report, an undercover investigator posing as the son of an American donor is recorded raising a concern that his father wouldn't be able to directly donate to the party within the law.
观看：法拉奇高级助手拍摄建议如何避免捐赠法 在新闻报道中，一名卧底调查员冒充美国捐赠者的儿子，担心他的父亲无法在法律范围内直接向该党捐赠。
Electoral law states that to be a permissible donor to a UK political party you must be a UK registered voter, or a company registered in the UK.
选举法规定，要成为英国政党的允许捐助者，您必须是英国注册选民或在英国注册的公司。
Jukes appears to suggest that the donation could be in the UK-based son's name, although the money would have come from his American father.
朱克斯似乎暗示这笔捐款可能会以居住在英国的儿子的名义进行，尽管这笔钱将来自他的美国父亲。
Elsewhere, James Orr, the party's head of policy suggests that the father could pay for opinion polling to support one of Reform's campaigns.
在其他地方，该党的政策负责人詹姆斯·奥尔表示，父亲可以支付民意调查费用来支持改革运动的一项活动。
Farage and Jukes were also filmed at a lunch in Clacton where it is suggested the US donor, who was being played by an actor, gives £500,000 to Reform through his son.
法拉奇和朱克斯也在克拉克顿的一次午餐中被拍摄，其中由演员扮演的美国捐助者通过他的儿子向改革组织捐赠了 50 万英镑。
Farage told the BBC he "frankly wasn't listening" to the discussion about the potential donation.
法拉奇告诉英国广播公司，他“坦率地没有听”有关潜在捐赠的讨论。
Channel 4 News has said the payment was never made.
第四频道新闻称这笔款项从未支付。
He dismissed the comments made by his aide in the film as "loose pub talk including a couple of boasts that simply were not true". Jukes has denied "any wrongdoing" and said he had "stepped back from politics in order to clear my name".
他驳斥了他的助手在影片中发表的评论，称其为“随意的酒吧谈话，其中包括一些根本不真实的夸耀”。 朱克斯否认“有任何不当行为”，并表示他“退出政坛是为了洗清自己的罪名”。
Last week, Orr told Sky News he would cooperate with the party's internal investigation "fully".
上周，奥尔告诉天空新闻，他将“全力”配合该党的内部调查。
The Met had already been investigating whether payments to Reform in the weeks before the last election complied with donation laws.
大都会艺术博物馆已经在调查上次选举前几周向改革所支付的款项是否符合捐赠法。
The probe is examining donations given directly to the party by Fiona Cottrell, mother of longstanding Nigel Farage ally, George Cottrell.
该调查正在调查菲奥娜·科特雷尔（Fiona Cottrell）直接向该党提供的捐款，她是奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）的长期盟友乔治·科特雷尔（George Cottrell）的母亲。
It is also examining payments from a company controlled by Reform's deputy leader Richard Tice, which received £1m from Fiona Cottrell in June 2024.
它还正在审查改革党副领导人理查德·泰斯 (Richard Tice) 控制的一家公司的付款情况，该公司于 2024 年 6 月从菲奥娜·科特雷尔 (Fiona Cottrell) 那里收到了 100 万英镑。
A Verbatim Investigations spokesperson said: "Verbatim will cooperate with the police's investigation."
Verbatim 调查发言人表示：“Verbatim 将配合警方的调查。”
Labour Party Chair Bridget Phillipson said: "Farage needs to wake up and realise the buck stops with him.
工党主席布里奇特·菲利普森（Bridget Phillipson）表示：“法拉奇需要醒来，认识到责任不再由他承担。
"Reform's failure to take responsibility for their actions shows just how unfit they are for office."
“改革未能为他们的行为承担责任，这表明他们是多么不适合担任公职。”
The Liberal Democrat's Cabinet Office spokeswoman Lisa Smart said: "Every Reform MP urgently needs to state whether they or their campaigns have benefited from any foreign money."
自由民主党内阁办公室发言人丽莎·斯马特表示：“每位改革派议员都迫切需要说明他们或他们的竞选活动是否从任何外国资金中受益。”
Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, said: "Nigel Farage and Lee Anderson hoped they could pin all this on two of their most senior advisors, but they have more questions to answer about how much they knew."
英格兰和威尔士绿党领袖扎克·波兰斯基表示：“奈杰尔·法拉奇和李·安德森希望他们能够将这一切归咎于两位最资深的顾问，但他们还有更多问题需要回答，即他们知道多少。”
Nigel Farage tells BBC he 'wasn't listening' during foreign donor talks filmed undercover Why Reform UK undercover donations claims are legally complicated Reform UK winded by donations row as insiders call for shift in approach
奈杰尔·法拉奇 (Nigel Farage) 告诉 BBC，他在秘密拍摄的外国捐助者会谈期间“没有听” 为什么英国改革秘密捐款索赔在法律上很复杂 由于内部人士呼吁改变方法，改革英国因捐赠纠纷而陷入困境
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