Sunak rejects Farage’s offer of electoral deal with Reform party

Nigel Farage on the campaign trail in Dover. He stood down Brexit party candidates from Tory marginals in the 2019 election. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak has ruled out a deal with Nigel Farage after the Reform politician suggested they should “have a conversation” before the election.

Farage has held back from running as a candidate for the Reform party, which is led and funded by Richard Tice, but on Wednesday he extended an olive branch to Sunak in an interview with the Sun, telling him: “Give me something back. We might have a conversation.”