Reuters · October 14, 2026

ITV Undercover Documentary Records Reform UK Candidates and Councillors Making Racist, Sexual and Violent Remarks

• Undercover reporters for an ITV documentary filmed several members of Nigel Farage's Reform UK party, including elected local-level politicians, making racist, sexual and violent remarks, according to the report.
• ITV released extracts from the documentary, titled Undercover: A Year In Reform, before its full broadcast on October 18, according to the report.
• The footage showed one man making remarks about Asian homeowners and expressing anti-Muslim views while campaigning for Reform in local elections earlier this year; he was subsequently elected, according to the report.
• Other footage included a candidate discussing burying pork chops in the ground as a possible way to stop a new mosque being built, and another candidate using a derogatory term for people from Pakistan and making explicit sexual comments about a fellow Reform member; both were later elected, according to the report.
• A Reform councillor was shown saying he wanted to harm illegal migrants entering Britain, and another councillor told an undercover reporter he wanted to train young men in military tactics to round up immigrants, according to the report.
• Reform UK said investigations had commenced where members, activists and councillors had clearly behaved inappropriately, that in some cases there had been suspensions, and that it had improved and prioritised its vetting procedures, according to the report.
• Police are investigating Reform for several potential offences under laws governing donations to political parties and said in September they would also look into allegations that officials planned to break electoral law on foreign funding, according to the report. The party denies any wrongdoing over its finances.

Documentary contents, broadcast date and party response as reported by Reuters; Reform UK's documented response is included above, and the party's denial regarding its finances is included above. Original headline: "Undercover documentary shows Reform UK candidates making racist, sexual and violent remarks".