Reform UK Party leader Nigel Farage attends Trump's campaign rally at the Santander Arena on Nov. 4 in Reading, Pennsylvania. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
"When you see what they’re doing in America, do you get the feeling we ought to be doing it here? This is all a complete waste of your taxpayer money. It’s keeping people in jobs who don’t deserve to have them."
In December 2024, The Times of London first reported Musk was considering a $100 million donation to Farage's Reform UK Party. A photo at Mar-a-Lago of Musk, Farage and Nick Candy, the party’s treasurer, released by Reform UK confirmed talks were underway.
Nigel Farage speaks next to Donald Trump during a campaign rally in October 2020 in Arizona. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
Operating much like DOGE’s X account, The Procurement Files searches the government’s database to reveal wasteful spending. Much like we’ve seen play out with Musk cutting DEI and USAID spending, many posts spotlight spending on sustainability initiatives and international humanitarian aid.
One post revealed U.K. taxpayers spent £50,000 to study "shrimp health in Bangladesh." Another post highlighted a £15.5 million U.K. investment in a "Climate Smart Jobs Programme in Uganda."
Charlotte Gill, who runs DOGE UK on social media, is working alongside The Procurement Files to reveal government waste and misuse of taxpayer money. Trump granted Musk the executive authority to investigate and implement the DOGE agenda to "maximize governmental efficiency and productivity." Gill has created an online community in the absence of an official DOGE UK.
When Mete Coban, the deputy mayor of London for environment and energy, announced a program giving away 70,000 trees, Gill took her frustration to social media.
The United Kingdom proposed government spending regulations in November 2024. With a goal of saving £1.2 billion by 2026, the new plan increases government oversight to cut unnecessary spending.
"We’re taking immediate action to stop all non-essential government consultancy spend in 2024-25 and halve government spending on consultancy in future years, saving the taxpayer over £1.2 billion by 2026," Georgia Gould, parliamentary secretary at the Cabinet Office, announced in November. "It comes alongside our work to develop a strategic plan to make the Civil Service more efficient and effective, with bold measures to improve skills and harness digital technology."
Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives an interview on Feb. 6, 2025, in Preston, England. (Oli Scarff - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer referenced Trump’s long-standing commitment to "draining the swamp" during a speech promising "change and reform" for the United Kingdom in December 2024.
"I don’t think there’s a swamp to be drained here, but I do think too many people in Whitehall are comfortable in the tepid bath of managed decline," Starmer said.
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Deirdre Heavey is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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