Nigel Farage’s offer to help build bridges between Donald Trump and the government have been rejected by a Labour minister.The Reform UK leader said the U.K. must “roll out the red carpet” for the president-elect,

Nigel Farage will not be used as an envoy to build bridges with Donald Trump, a Cabinet minister made clear, jibing: “Hasn’t he got a job to do in Clacton”. The Reform UK leader, a longtime supporter of the president-elect, has offered to help the UK avoid tariffs that Trump is threatening to impose on imports into America.

Farage, who leads the upstart, right-wing Reform UK, won a seat in the U.K. parliament for the first time at the general election in July, helping to erode the Conservative vote as the party was booted out of office.

The British government brushed aside Brexiteer Nigel Farage’s offer to help build diplomatic relations with Donald Trump. Farage is a longstanding ally of the U.S. president-elect and spent election night at his Mar-a-Lago residence.

Pat McFadden responds to Nigel Farage's offer to help smooth relations between president-elect Donald Trump and Labour.

Labour snubs Nigel Farage’s offer to ‘bridge divide’ between Trump and Starmer governments - After Donald Trump’s victory in the US election, attention has turned to comments made by foreign secretary

Donald Trump's US election victory is set to be a topic of discussion at today's European Political Community meeting, which Sir Keir Starmer is attending. The prime minister will also use the summit in Budapest to announce deals to tackle small boat crossings.