Elections watchdog pushes for a change in the law which could prevent Elon Musk making £80 million mega-donation to Reform
Daily MailBritain's elections watchdog is pushing for a change in the law that could prevent Elon Musk making an £80 million mega-donation to Reform. The prospects of the world’s richest man putting his financial muscle behind Nigel Farage’s fledgling party intensified this week after the two men held talks at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Nigel Farage and Party treasurer Nick Candy during their meeting on Monday with with Elon Musk at Mar-A-Lago, the Florida home of US President Elect Donald Trump The prospects of the world’s richest man putting his financial muscle behind Nigel Farage ’s fledgling party intensified this week As a foreign citizen, Musk cannot donate directly to a political party in the UK. However, a loophole in Britain’s election laws means he could give an unlimited sum via one of his companies based in the UK Mr Musk responded to Mr Farage's post about their meeting on his X social media site Chief executive Vijay Rangarajan said: ‘It’s crucial that UK voters have trust in the financing of our political system, so they need to see how parties and campaigners are financed and how they spend that money at elections.
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