{
  "id": 6932562,
  "title": "Crypto entrepreneurs: Record donations for British right-wing party Reform UK",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/von-kryptounternehmern-rekordspenden-fur-britische-rechtspartei",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-12T13:01:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/von-kryptounternehmern-rekordspenden-fuer-britische-rechtspartei-reform-uk/100254068.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Reform UK, a right-wing populist party in the UK, has received two record-breaking donations totaling 72 million pounds. Ben Delo, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, donated 36 million pounds, the largest single donation to a UK political party on record. Another cryptocurrency entrepreneur, Christopher Harborne, also announced a donation of the same amount, saying it was a \"philanthropic gift to our country\". These donations are the largest ever recorded in the UK, surpassing a 10 million pound donation to the Conservative party in September 2023.",
  "summary": "Britain's right-wing populists are receiving million-dollar donations for their election campaign. The record sums come after weeks of various allegations of fraud.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Britain: Record donation for British right-wing party Reform UK",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/gro-britannien-rekordspende-fur-britische-rechtspartei-reform-uk",
        "published": "2026-09-12T08:23:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}