Reform UK to resist housing asylum seekers in its council areas, chair says

Zia Yusuf also said Reform would introduce task forces to audit spending in the councils it controls and suggested it will look to cut spending on DEI initiatives. Photograph: Lia Toby/Getty Images

Reform UK has vowed to use “every instrument of power” to resist housing people seeking asylum in areas where it now controls councils, its chair has confirmed.

Zia Yusuf, the party chair and a major donor, acknowledged Reform may not be able to stop people seeking asylum being put up in hotels where the Home Office has contracts with accommodation providers.