A British minister said on Sunday that the government is unlikely to ask the Reform party leader Nigel Farage to act as an intermediary to deal with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Farage, the Brexit-campaigner and self-described troublemaker,

Nigel Farage has said he could be “useful as an interlocutor” between the Labour Government and Donald Trump. The Reform UK leader said he has “a great relationship” with the US president-elect and knows people he believes will be in Mr Trump’s administration for “quite a long time”.

The Reform UK leader – a close ally of Mr Trump and the only UK politician who was at his Palm Beach home on election night - described Mr Trump as a “pro-British American president”. He claimed the Republican politician would give the UK “potentially huge opportunities if we can overcome the difficulties that the whole of the cabinet have been rude about him”.

Nigel Farage has said he could be "useful as an interlocutor" between the Labour Government and Donald Trump. The Reform UK leader said he has "got a great relationship" with the president-elect and knows people he believes will be in Mr Trump's administration for "quite a long time".

The UK needs to “roll out the red carpet” for Donald Trump following the US election, Nigel Farage has said.The leader of Reform UK has said the British government needs to do everything it can to welcome Mr Trump and negotiate a trade deal,