Rycroft review: Farage must return “untraceable” crypto cash as digital asset donations set to be banned

25 Mar 2026

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Rycroft review: Farage must return “untraceable” crypto cash as digital asset donations set to be banned

Responding to the Rycroft review, which recommends the banning of crypto donations to political parties, Liberal Democrat Cabinet Spokesperson Lisa Smart MP said:

"Nathan Gill was happy to stuff his pockets with Russian bribes and it looks like Nigel Farage has shown no remorse whatsoever.

"Reform taking untraceable secretive crypto donations to fund their Trump-style politics here in the UK should never have been allowed.

“Farage must return all the crypto donations he’s received from anonymous overseas sources or admit he’s happy to let foreign sources of money poison our politics in the UK.”

ENDS

Notes to Editor:

See Rycroft review linked here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-rycroft-review-report-of-the-independent-review-into-countering-foreign-financial-influence-and-interference-in-uk-politics