Nigel Farage has insisted that Reform UK has broken no laws, but expressed displeasure over the actions of two aides who were suspended following an undercover investigation. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing The Guardian.

In an interview with LBC radio, Farage responded to the undercover report about an apparent plot by Reform UK to evade election donation rules. He stressed that the party had not broken any laws and had not taken any "dodgy money."

"The party has broken no laws. The party has not taken any dodgy money or anything like that whatsoever," Farage said.

However, he admitted that it was a clear case of entrapment, and that investigators had worked for a long time to get two party contractors to say things that "perhaps should not have been said." As a result, they were removed this morning.

"They worked at it for a very, very long time, and they got a couple of our contractors to say things that perhaps should not have been said. And as a result of that, you know, they have been removed this morning. And yeah, you know, I'm not happy about it," Farage stated.

He rejected the claim that footage of him discussing a £500,000 donation with fake father-and-son donors showed he was aware of a plan to circumvent electoral law. Farage said that in the conversation he asked whether everything was "above board" and "legal."

"If you listen to what I said, I said, is this all above board? Is this all legal? I've been told it was a global family office based in London. And by the way, I was in the middle of a Clacton by-election. I turned up to see people. I knew nothing about them whatsoever. I meet people all the time," he explained.

Farage claimed that the three polls featured in the investigation were not commissioned by Reform UK. He said that although the poll benefited Reform, it was not commissioned by the party, but by an independent third party.

"Whilst the poll benefited Reform, it wasn't commissioned by Reform. It had nothing to do with Reform. It was an independent third party that did it. So that's nothing. That's nothing. Polls are funded by overseas people every single week," Farage said.

However, the report contains footage clearly suggesting the polls were carried out at the behest of Reform UK.

Farage suggested that Labour and the Conservatives had a worse record on donations because they effectively sold peerages. He noted that both parties had been selling peerages for years in return for political donations, which led to big government contracts.

"The Labour Party and the Conservative Party have been selling peerages for years in return for political donations. Political donations leading to big government contracts. In the world of political funding, all sorts of things have been done over decades that are wrong," he said.

Farage said the party had suspended two aides because their remarks "don't look good." He admitted that the polling was not an issue, but the "entrapped conversations" looked bad.

"I promise you, the polling is not even an issue. Nothing. The party has not done anything wrong, but entrapped conversations don't look good, and that's why we've taken the action we have," Farage concluded.