‘Well-known’ figures want to join Reform UK cabinet, Farage claims

Nigel Farage suggested he would select cabinet ministers from outside Parliament if he became prime minister (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

A Reform UK cabinet could include people from outside Parliament, Nigel Farage has said.

During an LBC phone-in on Thursday, the Reform UK leader said it was “nonsense” that ministers “must all be politicians in the House of Commons” and suggested following the US example where cabinet members have often never stood for election.