{"id":296434,"date":"2025-12-03T08:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T08:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/296434\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T08:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T08:50:07","slug":"farage-tells-donors-he-expects-reform-to-do-election-deal-with-tories-report-nigel-farage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/296434\/","title":{"rendered":"Farage tells donors he expects Reform to do election deal with Tories \u2013 report | Nigel Farage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nigel Farage has told donors he expects a deal or merger between his Reform UK party and the Conservatives<\/a> before the next general election.<\/p>\n

Reform donors told the Financial Times<\/a> that the leader expected his party to join with or make a deal with the Tories.<\/p>\n

One of those who spoke to the FT said Farage had described such an agreement as \u201cinevitable\u201d but that it would take some time because he was wary over making a pact between the two.<\/p>\n

But Farage and the Conservative party denied the claims.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes people hear what they want to,\u201d Farage told the paper. \u201cAfter next May the Conservatives will no longer be a national party. I would never do a deal with a party that I do not trust. No deals, just a reverse takeover.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Conservative spokesperson said: \u201cUnder Kemi Badenoch\u2019s leadership the Conservatives will not be considering any deals or pacts. Reform want higher welfare spending and to cosy up to [Russian president Vladimir] Putin.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly the Conservatives have the team, the plan and the backbone to deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n

Farage has sought to win over voters from the Conservatives, suggesting the party can no longer be trusted after 14 years in power.<\/p>\n

Former Conservatives have defected to Reform, with former minister Jonathan Gullis among the most recent to have joined the party, following Danny Kruger, Nadine Dorries, Jake Berry and Maria Caulfield.<\/p>\n

Badenoch has dismissed claims that the Tories could do a deal with Reform, saying earlier this year: \u201cI am the custodian of an institution that has existed for nigh on 200 years\u2009\u2026 I can\u2019t just treat it like it\u2019s a toy and have pacts and mergers.\u201d<\/p>\n

And despite Reform UK\u2019s strong show in the polls, the Conservatives have maintained support from donors, bringing in \u00a36.3m in donations in the first half of the year, according to Electoral Commission data, three times the \u00a32.1m raised by Reform.<\/p>\n

A Labour party spokesperson said: \u201cNigel Farage isn\u2019t even hiding it any more \u2013 he\u2019s happy for failed Tories to prop up his party, whether they choose to join Reform or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Conservatives broke public services and hammered family finances. They and Reform would inflict Tory austerity on Britain all over again, meaning savage cuts to local schools and hospitals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis shady backroom plot will send a shiver down the spine of people up and down the country, and shows you simply can\u2019t trust Nigel Farage. Only Labour<\/a> is focused on cutting the cost of living for families, reducing NHS waiting lists and bringing down the national debt.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nigel Farage has told donors he expects a deal or merger between his Reform UK party and the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-296434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}