Nigel Farage has said he expects more investigations into Reform UK as he faces fresh scrutiny over party finances.
He insisted the party had broken no laws following a Channel 4 News report that showed senior Reform figures discussing ways to disguise donations from foreign sources.
Speaking in Birmingham on the final day of the party’s annual conference, Farage said: "You come back and see me in six months, there’ll be five more investigations.
"It won’t end.
"They are not going to give us a free ride.
"They will do anything they can.
"I expect many more investigations over the course of the next few months, I have no doubt about it."
He denied Reform had accepted any illicit donations, dismissing claims by long-time aide Dan Jukes as “loose pub talk.”
The Channel 4 footage was part of an undercover investigation by Verbatim, who posed as an American donor and his son who had paid for polling allegedly commissioned by Reform and were seeking to channel money to Reform.
Accepting donations from a foreign company, including donations in kind such as polling, could constitute a criminal offence.
Farage is already under scrutiny for failing to declare a £5 million gift from a party donor.
Reform has been reported to police, and the Liberal Democrats have asked Parliament’s standards watchdog to launch a separate investigation.
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Jukes and Reform’s head of policy, James Orr, have both stepped down while the party conducts an internal review.
While deputy leader Richard Tice initially would not confirm whether the pair could return to their roles, economic spokesman Robert Jenrick later told Times Radio they had been “permanently suspended.”
The controversy has overshadowed the party’s conference, which was intended to set out Reform’s vision for its first 100 days in office.
Farage acknowledged the impact of the allegations, telling GB News that “some people in the middle out there who aren’t quite sure (about Reform), that would be worried by some of these allegations.”
He also admitted the pressure had led to “very thoughtful moments,” especially as members of his family had urged him to “walk away.”
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