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".

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British politician Nigel Farage says talks are underway about Elon Musk making a hefty donation to Farage’s party Reform U.K.