Elon Musk’s Farage meeting renews reports he could fund Reform UK

Reform treasurer also joins talks at Donald Trump’s home as hard-right party says ‘we can do great things together’

Elon Musk has met Nigel Farage and Nick Candy, Reform UK’s new treasurer, at Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago, reviving speculation the tech billionaire could fund the hard-right party.

After the meeting on Monday, Reform released photos of Musk sitting with Farage and Candy, and standing with them beneath a portrait of a young Trump at the US president-elect’s Florida home.

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