Sajid Javid refuses to rule out Tory deal with Nigel Farage

Chancellor evades question over possible election agreement with Brexit party. The chancellor, Sajid Javid, has failed to rule out a Conservative alliance with Nigel Farage’s Brexit party at a general election. He told the BBC the Tories “do not need an alliance with anyone” if voters go to the polls, but he did not categorically deny they might need to work with Farage, whose party took close to half of the UK’s seats at the European elections in May. Javid said: “