Reform UK Says Large Donations Are 'Perfectly Legal'
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Reform UK is a political party in the UK. It got £72 million in donations. A donation is money that people give.
Robert Jenrick works for Reform UK. He talks about money and business for the party. He says the donations are perfectly legal. This means the money is completely okay by law.
Jenrick called the donations a 'breakthrough moment' for the party. This means something new and good happened.
Angela Rayner works for the Labour party. Labour is a different political party. She says a new bill could change things. A bill is a new law that parliament is making.
Rayner says the new bill could work retrospectively. This means the law could look back at old donations, not just new ones.
People are talking about this on the news. It is part of the story about UK politics. Politics is about how the country is run.
Vocabulary6 words
- donations
- money that people give to help someone or something
- perfectly legal
- completely allowed by the law
- breakthrough moment
- a time when something important and new happens
- bill
- a new law that is being made
- retrospectively
- looking back at things that happened before
- politics
- the work of running a country
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Answer key
1. £72 million 2. They are perfectly legal 3. Angela Rayner
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Reform UK is a political party in the UK. It got £72 million in _____.
Robert Jenrick works for Reform UK. He says the donations are _____.
Jenrick called the donations a '_____' for the party.
Angela Rayner works for the _____ party.
She says a new _____ could change things.
Rayner says the new bill could work _____.
People are talking about this on the news. It is part of the story about UK _____.
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