The former Conservative, now Reform UK, MP says the allegations are "entirely false".

Police are investigating a donation given to Robert Jenrick's Conservative leadership campaign in 2024, BBC News understands. The Electoral Commission had reportedly been looking at claims £37,500 donated to Jenrick's campaign originated overseas. That information was passed from the commission to the Metropolitan Police in January this year. The force confirmed it had now launched a formal investigation "concerning donations connected to a political party's leadership campaign", as first reported by the i paper, external. Foreign donations to UK politicians are banned under electoral law. Jenrick said the "allegations are entirely false". "I have had no contact with the Met Police whatsoever in connection with this matter," he added. The Metropolitan Police has not said who might be caught up in the investigation's inquiries. Jenrick is now a Reform MP, having defected from the Conservatives to Nigel Farage's party earlier this year. He ran to replace Rishi Sunak as Conservative leader in summer 2024, when he came second to Kemi Badenoch.