Reform UK’s Blackpool byelection candidate denies wrongdoing amid charity probe

Charity Commission opens ‘compliance case’ into soup kitchen founded by Mike Butcher after allegations about use during campaignReform UK’s candidate in the Blackpool South byelection has denied any wrongdoing after the Charity Commission launched a probe into allegations that the soup kitchen he founded was used to promote his campaign.Mark Butcher, who is standing for the party in next week’s election, posted a Facebook message this month which said that the campaign wo