Nigel Farage has said he expects “many more investigations” into Reform UK over the coming months as the fallout over a major donations scandal continues.

Allegations that the party arranged illegal donations not only overshadowed the party’s conference in Birmingham, but also led to the resignation on Friday of Mr Farage’s chief of staff and longtime aide Dan Jukes, as well as policy director James Orr.

Metropolitan Police confirmed they are considering complaints from Labour and the Lib Dems over video footage obtained by Channel 4 and investigative group Verbatim which appeared to show senior Reform figures discussing how to disguise donations from foreign sources.

Party leader Nigel Farage, who is expected to close the conference on Saturday afternoon, was already facing intense scrutiny about donations Reform has received, as well as £5 million he was given by a wealthy backer.

But he claimed the allegations broadcast by Channel 4 have been made because “they’re scared of us” and he insisted that there will be further probes into Reform as a result.

He told ITV: “Come back and see me in six months, there'll be 5 more investigations. It won't end. This won't end."

Blaming the establishment for the scrutiny, he added: “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.”

But speaking to GB News, he acknowledged that there would be “some people in the middle out there who aren’t quite sure [about Reform], that would be worried by some of these allegations”.

As allegations about the party swirled, Reform’s Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick attempted to press ahead with his policy announcements, on Saturday pledging to increase the tax-free personal allowance to £15,000 within the first 100 days of taking office.

The threshold has been set at £12,570 since 2021 and is due to remain there until 2031.

Reform said the plan would save the average taxpayer £500 a year and take 2.9 million people out of income tax altogether, at a cost of £17.7 billion in its first year, rising to £21 billion five years later.

It comes after Mr Farage used his main stage speech on Friday – delayed by more than an hour as a result of security concerns – to promise not to be “distracted” by “a highly coordinated campaign of attacks”.

With the conference framed around Reform’s plans for its “first 100 days” in government, the discussion was knocked off course as Mr Farage was instead forced to answer questions on whether he could bounce back from another scandal.

The footage was part of an investigation by undercover group 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, and the party has been reported to the police.

The latest row continues a difficult period for Mr Farage, whose poll ratings have fallen amid scrutiny of Reform’s finances and a Clacton by-election that was boycotted by other parties.

Speaking to ITV, Mr Farage admitted he had “some very thoughtful moments” over summer when asked if he ever considered quitting his role.

"I’ve had, I'll be honest, you know when your own family start to turn on you because of what you do, some very thoughtful moments. Very, very thoughtful moments.”

Asked how close he got to standing down, he said: "I didn't get that close. I didn't get that close to quitting. But, I think that sense of upset and exasperation was there.”

Mr Farage also insisted he will lead Reform into the next election, saying there is “no question about that”.

Speaking to ITV said he is “100 per cent confident” Reform hadn’t used "illicit" routes to accept money from foreign donors, once again blaming the allegations on “loose pub talk” from his former right hand man - who has since been sacked.

On Friday, Mr Farage had been forced to accept the resignations of Dan Jukes - who denies any wrongdoing - and James Orr, who had been caught in the video apparently accepting an illegal foreign donation during the Clacton by-election in July.

Mr Farage insisted he and his aides “had done nothing illegal” and that no money changed hands.

“Reform has broken no law”, Mr Farage insisted. “We take compliance extremely seriously. And ask yourself, why is all of this happening? Anyone got a clue why it’s happening? Because they’re scared of us. That’s why it’s happening”, he said.

Also at Reform’s conference in Birmingham, West Midlands Police has asked a protester who was thrown out of the Reform UK conference to come forward in the light of footage that shows audience members pulling her hair and grabbing her head, although Mr Farage has complained the reaction amounts to double standards.

The force said it had not received a direct complaint but asked the woman to make contact so officers can carry out further investigations.

Demonstrators were thrown out of the main conference hall four times at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. They interrupted Nigel Farage’s keynote speech on Friday, shortly after his deputy Richard Tice had a banner displayed during his own address referencing the scandal around a donation to Mr Farage.

A man in the audience was also seen hitting the protester with a walking stick. Reform UK chairman Lee Anderson said on Saturday they should have a “whip round” for him to fund a new walking stick.

A statement from West Midlands Police said: “We’re aware of a video circulating from the Reform UK conference showing an incident with a protester.

“We haven’t received a complaint but would ask the woman involved to come forward and contact us so we can carry out enquiries.

“Anyone with any information should contact us on 101 quoting log number 924 of 5 September 2026.”

Activist group Climate Resistance claimed responsibility for the protest. In a comment they said they were “horrified at the violence” from Reform conference audience members. The group also said the protester is considering whether to come forward to police.

Mr Farage told broadcasters on Saturday: “It’s all one way, isn’t it? I can have milkshakes chucked in my face, be bashed over the head with placards and that’s all fine. That’s absolutely fine.

“Yet, well, we have a big event that people have paid a lot of money to come to and we get people there trying to disrupt it and we remove them. Suddenly we’re in the wrong. Utter nonsense.”