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moneyas a reward for Brexit,according toone of his closest aides.  \nThe apparent admission camein undercover footage seen by the  \nis running out of cash and recentlyasked its creditors for an additional  \nE2.4bn,butisstrugglingtofind awaytodosowithout spendingbillionsofpounds,getting tied upin a lengthycourt battle,orboth.  \nSources familiar with the primeminister's thinking say he has toldpolicy officials across Whitehallto contemplate options that werenot previously considered feasi-ble,even if that means spending  \nGuardian in which Dan Jukes saysit is\"priced in\"for Farage to profitfrom politics.  \nThe footageraises freshquestionsabout the party leader's statementsthat the gift was solely for securitypurposes.The Reform UK leader isaweiting the outcome of a parlia-into whether or not the E5m fromthe crypto billionaire Christopher  \ntaxpayer money and going to court.One government source describedthe fate of the water company as a\"litmus test\"of whether the govern-ment could deal with challenges inthe medium term,rather than justimmediate cost of living supportand longer-termstructuralchanges.\"There aremore options than peoplehaveassumed to dateincludingonesthat have never been properly con-sidered,\"the source said.  \nHarborne,first revealedby the Guard-ian,should havebeen declaredunderparliamentary rules.  \nFarage told the Sun on 14May:\"And this [E5m]was given to me onan unconditional basis,completelyunconditional basis.But frankly,itwasgiven as a reward for campaign-ing fo Brexit for 27 years.”  \nNow,previouslyunpub-2lished footage from the  \nAnother said the prime ministerhad toldhisofficialsto “lookat all theoptions andnotfeelconstrained\",ina departure from the advice underBumham'spredecessor,KeirStarmer.  \nBurnham has promised to endwhat he calls“40 years of neoliber-alism”and instructed ministers todraft a10-year plan for governmentlater this year,including detailedproposals forbringingutil-13→ities under public control.  \nlastnight 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