The Metropolitan Police are investigating donations to Reform UK by a company controlled by the party’s deputy leader Richard Tice. The money was paid to his company by Reform donor Fiona Cottrell, Mr Tice has previously outlined. Leader of Reform UK Nigel Farage with his associate George Cottrell (James Manning/PA)The Times reported that Reform’s bank account was frozen during the last election after the donations. Asked previously about where Ms Cottrell had got the money from, Mr Tice said: “I’ve known the Cottrell family, my family have known the Cottrell family and the broader Hesketh family, for 50 years. Reform UK pointed to its ‘stringent’ vetting procedures (Joe Giddens/PA)Ms Cottrell is said to have no history as a political donor.