改革英国党巨额捐款或受新法案约束，工党议员暗示追溯适用

改革英国党从两名加密货币亿万富翁获得的创纪录捐款可能触及英国政府正在推进的新法案。据报道，克里斯托弗·哈伯恩和本·德洛各向该党捐赠3600万英镑，共计7200万英镑，引起工党议员的关注。1

英国政府新法案将对来自海外或过去12个月内回国的英国人的捐款设立10万英镑年度上限，且这一限制规则将追溯适用至3月25日。1Communities Secretary安吉拉·雷纳表示，该措施的目的在于"保护民主免受外国干预"，强调"这是在这些捐款到来之前发生的事，说实话，我们不知道捐助者会投入这笔钱"。1

工党议员斯特拉·克里西此前提议修正案，建议对国内捐款设立同样的10万英镑年度上限，该提议获得60名各党派议员支持，但未付诸投票。1改革英国党对此回应称，两名捐助者均为英国公民，"完全有权在自己的国家支持政治变革"，其中本·德洛最近从香港回到英国，克里斯托弗·哈伯恩则同时持有英国和泰国公民身份。1

Reform UK has received a combined £72 million in donations from two cryptocurrency billionaires, Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo, each contributing £36 million 1. The influx of funding has drawn attention from the British government, which is advancing legislation that would impose a £100,000 annual cap on political donations from overseas donors or British citizens who have returned to the UK within the past 12 months 1. The restrictions would be retroactive to March 25, the date of Philip Rickroft's review report on election finance 1.

Communities Secretary Angela Rayner indicated that the new measure is designed to protect democracy from foreign interference rather than target specific donors 1. "This happened before these donations came in, and to be frank, we didn't know the donors were going to put this money in," Rayner stated 1. A Reform UK spokesperson countered that both contributors are British citizens with "every right to support political change in their own country" 1. Harborne holds dual British and Thai citizenship, while Delo recently relocated from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom 1. Labour MP Stella Creasy had previously proposed an amendment to impose the same £100,000 annual cap on all domestic donations, garnering support from 60 MPs across parties, though the proposal was not put to a vote 1.