Nigel Farage and party treasurer Nick Candy meet Elon Musk at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort
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Nigel Farage and his party treasurer have met with Elon Musk at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort for the first time since rumours surfaced of a multi-million donation from the tech tycoon. The Reform UK leader and Nick Candy, the billionaire husband of singer Holly Valance who will take up the fundraising role for Mr Farage's party in the new year, met on Monday 16 December, the party said.
The meeting comes following reports that Mr Musk was considering donating £78m to Mr Farage - an ally of Mr Trump - as a "f*** you Starmer payment". The Times reported that if Mr Musk does decide to make the donation, he would do so through the British arm of his social media firm X, formerly Twitter, to circumvent UK rules that prevent foreign donations to a political party.
Politics latest: Labour won't compensate women hit by state pension age change. Soon after his election victory, president-elect Trump confirmed that Mr Musk, the Tesla and X owner who is also the world's richest man, will co-lead the new department of government efficiency, known as DOGE for short.
Both Mr Farage and Mr Candy have dismissed the reports of a potential donation, with the Reform leader telling Sky News' political editor Beth Rigby that it was a "story without any basis in fact". Donald Trump fails in bid to get Stormy Daniels hush money conviction thrown out.
