UK ministers pressing ahead with ban on cryptocurrency political donations
Crackdown, which will be blow to Nigel Farage’s Reform party, not likely to be ready for elections bill in new yearUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters are working to ban political donations made with cryptocurrency but the crackdown is not likely to be ready for the elections bill in the...
<p>Crackdown, which will be blow to Nigel Farage’s Reform party, not likely to be ready for elections bill in new year</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/dec/02/david-lammy-courts-law-starmer-labour-reeves-budget-obr-uk-politics-live-news-updates">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Ministers are working to ban political donations made with cryptocurrency but the crackdown is not likely to be ready for the elections bill in the new year, Whitehall sources have said.</p><p>The government <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/15/uk-should-consider-political-donations-cryptocurrency-ban-says-minister-pat-mcfadden">increasingly believes that donations made with cryptocurrency pose a risk</a> to the integrity of the electoral system, not least because the source can be hard to verify.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/02/cryptocurrency-political-donations-uk-ban-election-bill">Continue reading...</a>
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