Nigel Farage has refused to criticise Donald Trump for claiming pregnant women who take paracetamol risk causing autism in their child - saying "science is never settled".

The Reform UK leader was asked by Nick Ferrari on LBC whether the US president was right to make the link, which UK health officials have discredited.

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He replied: "I have no idea … you know, we were told thalidomide was a very safe drug and it wasn't. Who knows, Nick, I don't know."

Mr Farage, who is a friend of Mr Trump, said the president has a "particular thing about autism - I think because there's been some in his family, he feels it very personally".

Asked if he would side with medical experts who have said there is no evidence for the link, Mr Farag

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