With Musk said to be minded to give Reform UK a sizeable donation, Farage believes he remains "very helpful" to the party's cause. On Friday, Health Secretary Wes Streeting hit out at Musk's attack on the government's handling of grooming gangs, calling it "misjudged and certainly misinformed".

Nigel Farage has vowed to “explain” to Elon Musk why he won’t co-operate with Tommy Robinson. The billionaire owner of X, who has hinted at a possible donation to Farage’s Reform, has shown support for the jailed activist on social media.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has distanced himself from Elon Musk’s stance on jailed far-right figure Tommy Robinson after the tech billionaire called for him to be released from prison.