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MPs will reportedly be forced to use Mr Farage as a conduit between the UK and the US as the British Government does not have any links to the President-elect's inner circle. Theresa May yesterday spoke to the billionaire businessman to congratulate him on his victory – but only after the Republican spoke to at least nine other heads of state.

GETTY Nigel Farage and Donald Trump struck up a friendship during the campaign trail

Trump said the UK has a "very, very special place for me and for our country” and hinted he wants to roll back the years and develop a relationship similar to the Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan years. Yet the delay has led to allegations that Downing Street officials have undermined the special relationship with Washington by not anticipating Trump's stunning victory. Farage claims he is the only British politician who has "offered to help or support" to Trump and that relationships between the Tories and the Republicans had "completely broken down.

Nobody in the British Government has reached out to his campaign, believing as with our referendum that he could not possibly win Nigel Farage

The Ukip leader said: "Nobody in the British Government has reached out to his campaign, believing as with our referendum that he could not possibly win. The traditional relationship between the British Conservative party and the Republicans has completely broken down." International Trade Secretary Liam Fox, who has links with the GOP, is attempting to hold talks with the newly-elected President’s advisers. It emerged on Thursday that Theresa May's Government had not been preparing for a Trump Presidency despite warnings from senior Whitehall figures.

GETTY Theresa May is reportedly set to use Farage as a conduit

Chancellor Philip Hammond claimed the reason there was a delay in talks between Mrs May and Trump was because the pair had no "urgent business". Hammond said: "We do not have any urgent business that we need to transact. Obviously, in due course the Prime Minister will be looking forward to meeting Mr Trump once he is inaugurated as the President. "I expect that the very strong and close relationship that always develops between a UK Prime Minister and US President will develop between those two."

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Britain's ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch, has been accused of not doing enough to forge a close bond with Trump's campaign team during the Presidential election. But a source close to Mr Farage also denied any such talks had taken place.

GETTY Philip Hammond dismissed speculation the special relationship might be at risk