Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf praises Tommy Robinson for grooming gang campaigning

Reform UK head of policy, Zia Yusuf, speaks during the party’s annual conference at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham (Jacob King/PA) - (PA Wire)

Reform UK’s newly-appointed head of policy has praised Tommy Robinson’s campaigning on grooming gangs, but has repeated that he will not be allowed to join the party.

Zia Yusuf, Reform’s former chairman, told a fringe event at the party’s conference at the NEC in Birmingham that he recognised Mr Robinson’s activism.