In contrast to the financially thriving but electorally poor Conservative Party, Reform is struggling to get the donations in. I understand deputy chair Richard Tice has been its biggest funder of late.
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Senior figures in Reform UK have grown frustrated with party treasurer Nick Candy, saying big donations have failed to materialise — including his own “seven figure” pledge — even as the party has soared in opinion polls.
Candy, whose job it is to fundraise for Nigel Farage’s populist party, has repeatedly claimed publicly that he will bring in tens of millions of pounds in donations for Reform, and that wealthy businesspeople are on the cusp of giving large donations.
However, two senior Reform figures have told the Financial Times that concerns have grown in the party that the money flowing in does not match Candy’s rhetoric, and that his public boasts may in fact be deterring would-be donors.
“There is significant disquiet around the party generally that he has not only failed to deliver on the amount he pledged to give the party personally, but also he’s talked about these tens of millions of pounds of pledges from other donors and they don’t materialise,” the person said. “He has been all talk and no trousers.”
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