@EndCorruptionUK @liambyrnemp However there are concerns that the legislation, which was expected in the next month, has been pushed back to the spring - lengthening the period in which crypto donations could be made under the existing checks imposed for fiat currency donations

@EndCorruptionUK Meanwhile MPs including @liambyrnemp are planning to mount a cross-party campaign to force the government to include an outright ban on crypto in the Elections Bill

But it is seen as a potential "watershed moment" in political funding. Sue Hawley from @EndCorruptionUK warned that neither parties nor the EC have the expertise to prevent anonymous donations, leaving the UK "extremely vulnerable" to hostile states and organised crime

There is no suggestion that it is outside the required window for a formal declaration and no rules have been broken. A Reform spokesman said: “All donations above the reporting limit will be disclosed in the usual way.”

Exc: The Electoral Commission has been given early notice of the UK's first ever crypto donation The sum has been "made, but not declared" to a party understood to be Reform https://t.co/49Timzlzh1

Days after we reported that it had been months since Farage last updated his register, he has done so - adding £190,000 worth of earnings, going back as far as early May The update is registered 3rd Oct - the day we went to his team for a right of reply

@AndrewmitchMP @JohnPenroseNews @CatNeilan 🗣️@DanielJBruce Over £6 billion in dirty money has entered the UK in recent years, including £1.5 billion from Russia #CPC25 #BrightBlue

@AndrewmitchMP @JohnPenroseNews @CatNeilan 🗣️@CatNeilan It's not just political parties who need to be regulated, but campaign groups like Tommy Robinson's, as well as think tanks #CPC25 #BrightBlue

@AndrewmitchMP @JohnPenroseNews 🗣️@CatNeilan For a long time we've survived on conventions, but we've seen recently conventions have been brushed aside — regulation needs to catch up #CPC25 #BrightBlue

@TransparencyUK Lib Dem chief whip @wendychambLD added: “If he is using his privileged position to promote the work of a company he’s got vested financial interests in to Parliament, those interests should be properly declared. "To do otherwise is a serious breach of our rules.”

However @TransparencyUK's Steve Goodrich said: "There is a clear public interest in showing that a high-profile politician has significant shares in a media company that is, in turn, providing them with a prime time show."

A spokesman for Farage said: “All declarations have been made for any earnings outside of Parliament.” He didn't address any points raised about All Perspectives.

In Feb, Farage attended the right-wing conference CPAC in the US in a dual role as Reform leader and GB presenter He wore a GB News pin while at Congress, and has highlighted “research” conducted by journalists at the channel in parliament without declaring his interests

MPs must register shareholdings above £70,000, however the code of conduct states that they should also record smaller holdings that “meet the test of relevance; in other words, that it might reasonably be thought by others to influence a member’s actions or words as a member”.

Exc: Nigel Farage has not updated his register since May, despite continuing to present his GB News show, record Cameo videos and being a verified X user Qus are also being asked about his shareholding in GB parent co All Perspectives https://t.co/wklWBP7sZm

‘Bitcoin is the free speech of money’: fears grow over far right’s embrace of crypto Hard-to trace digital transactions could lead to hostile states or criminal organisations secretly making political donations and threatening democracy. @CatNeilan | @thejohnsimpson

Exclusive: Peter Mandelson is facing calls for a standards investigation over a possible breach of parliamentary rules Comes amid ongoing questions about whether the Labour peer should remain a member of the House of Lords https://t.co/4cSH0UC5YF

Lord Mandelson must now be the first public figure to have been forced out office for three different scandals across four different decades

‘It was Nigel or no one’: there’s gold in bullion adverts for fill-your-boots Farage. A £280,000 payment to the MP for promotional work raises questions over the lack of clarity in his register of interests. ✍️ @CatNeilan Read more: https://t.co/dolsBgK9S1

All this plus supporting the awesome @thejohnsimpson on our main story of the week - the fall out from Epping https://t.co/hZTqeatgc6