UK entrepreneur makes £500,000 political donation to Restore Britain

<p>Simon Galbraith says Rupert Lowe’s party can ‘spark a British renaissance’ if it gets into power</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/sep/01/andy-burnham-statement-commons-prison-release-farage-healey-defence-latest-news-updates">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The hard-right Restore Britain party has got its first major donation of £500,000 from an IT entrepreneur in a sign it may continue to pose a threat to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.</p><p>Rupert Lowe, an MP who left Reform UK before starting his own party, announced on Tuesday that the British businessman Simon Galbraith had contributed two donations of £250,000 this year.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/01/simon-galbraith-uk-tech-entrepreneur-political-donation-restore-britain">Continue reading...</a>