Nigel Farage will address the Reform UK conference today as he faces fresh questions about his party’s finances.
The Reform UK leader is expected to use his speech to set out the party’s vision for government during the event at Birmingham’s NEC, but the occasion is already mired in controversy.
Rival parties have reported Reform UK to police following a Channel 4 News investigation which claimed the party accepted funding from a US company for three opinion polls earlier this year, at a cost of £32,500.
Labour Party chairwoman Bridget Phillipson said: "If Farage can’t get his own house in order, he simply can’t be trusted to address the issues the country faces."
Foreign companies are not permitted to fund UK political parties, including payments for research and polling.
Accepting such donations could constitute a criminal offence under UK law.
The alleged donors were undercover reporters from investigative group Verbatim, posing as an American financier and his UK-based son.
Reform UK has denied any wrongdoing, insisting it has a "robust vetting process" for donors.
A spokesman for the party said: "Reform UK has been the target of a hoax perpetuated by foreign-funded, climate change activists posing as would-be party donors.
"The party denies any wrongdoing.
"Reform UK has a robust vetting process for prospective donors approved by the Electoral Commission.
"We also have written KC legal opinion showing no laws have been broken.
"A private individual paid for polling to a private company and the private company gave it to national newspapers.
"This would only need to be declared if it were internal polling."
The two-day conference in Birmingham will see Reform UK set out its plans for its first 100 days in office, should it win the next general election.
Farage is expected to declare a "national emergency" on day one of a potential Reform government and pledge to make Parliament sit seven days a week through the summer to pass urgent legislation.
He will also focus on reducing the cost of living and addressing small boat crossings in the Channel.
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Party deputy leader Richard Tice is expected to use his own conference speech to promise a £250 reduction in household energy bills by scrapping environmental levies and cutting taxes on gas generation.
Despite denying any wrongdoing, the party has revealed that it will be conducting an investigation into Channel 4 broadcast.
The party broadcaster added: "While Reform UK denies all wrongdoing in relation to the Channel 4 hit job, as a matter of course, the Party is launching an internal investigation regarding the circumstances surrounding the broadcast."
Pending the outcome of the party's investigation, senior aides James Orr and Dan Jukes have stepped down from their roles at Reform UK.
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