Government ministers are resisting calls to block Elon Musk from donating to Nigel Farges’s Reform Party.
Pressure is building for the government to introduce measures limiting the amount a foreign national can donate to political parties through UK companies.
The calls come after Musk met with Nigel Farage at Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, last week.
It has been reported that the world’s richest man is considering putting his financial muscle behind Farage and his fledgling party.
Musk could donate as much as $100million (£80million) to help build up Reform into a political machine capable of overthrowing Labour at a general election.
Farage confirmed that ‘the issue of money was discussed’ and said there would be ‘ongoing negotiations on that score’.
However, anxiety at Westminster has intensified, and there are worries that an attempt to push through rules targeting Musk may give Farage the ammunition to attack those in power and claim they are sabotaging him.
