Nigel Farage and Tory turncoat Robert Jenrick will hold a press conference today – teasing a “major” announcement.
The Reform chief and his Treasury spokesman are set to appear together in Derbyshire and outline their party’s response to Rachel Reeves’s comments on the Middle East crisis.
The Chancellor on Monday vowed to keep an eye on the cost of living amid the conflict – but warned the US-Israeli war with Iran could hit the UK’s inflation figures.
Mr Farage’s appearance today also comes after he failed to secure an audience with Donald Trump – despite travelling to the US President’s Mar-a-Lago residence.
The Reform chief reportedly boasted to supporters last week he would be jetting to Florida to dine at the American leader’s resort in Palm Beach. But Mr Trump was said to have changed his travel plans.
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Nigel Farage’s appearance follows his failure to meet Donald Trump
Nigel Farage failed secure an audience with Donald Trump – despite travelling to the US President’s Mar-a-Lago residence.
The Reform chief reportedly boasted to supporters last week he would be jetting to Florida to dine at the American leader’s resort in Palm Beach. He said he would “reinforce the message” about his opposition to the UK government’s Chagos islands deal after the US President’s flip-flopping on the issue.
The pact will see the UK cede sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius and lease back the largest island Diego Garcia – the site of a US-UK military base. Mr Farage’s comments led many to believe he would be meeting with the US President as relations between Keir Starmer and Mr Trump hit a new low over the Iran war.
But the Financial Times reported Mr Farage, who had been invited by a member of the Mar-a-Lago club, failed to meet Mr Trump on Friday after the US President changed his travel plans to stay in Doral around a hour’s drive away.
Reform chief Nigel Farage expected to call for 5p fuel duty cut
Nigel Farage and Tory turncoat Robert Jenrick will hold a press conference today – teasing a “major” annoucement.
The duo will appear around 10am and are expected to call for a 5p cut in fuel duty amid concerns over prices at the pump over the Middle East crisis. It comes after Chancellor Rachel Reeves promised to keep monitoring cost of living pressures facing Brits during a Commons statement on Monday in response to the US-Israeli war with Iran.
She warned yesterday it is likely to have an impact on the UK’s inflation.