Zia Yusuf quits as Reform UK chair after row over new MP’s call for burqa ban

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Zia Yusuf quits as Reform UK chair after row over new MP’s call for burqa ban

Thursday 5th June 2025, 4:41PM

Yusuf had suggested it was ‘dumb’ for Sarah Pochin to call on prime minister to introduce a banZia Yusuf has resigned as chair of Reform UK after earlier suggesting it was “dumb” of the party’s newest MP to call for a ban on the burqa.Yusuf was a donor to the party before becoming its chair last summer after the election. Continue reading...

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