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Zia Yusuf quits Reform UK role following row with MP

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The Independent UK

Zia you later! Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf resigns following 'burka ban' row in major blow to Nigel Farage

Zia Yusuf quits role he has held for almost a year saying: ‘I no longer believe working to get a Reform government elected is a good use of my time’

Evening Standard

'No longer a good use of my time': Zia Yusuf resigns as Reform’s chairperson

ZIA Yusuf has resigned as Reform UK’s chairperson, citing that it is no longer a “good use” of his time to get the party elected ...

The National (Scotland)

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Reform UK chairman quits after calling question from party’s newest MP ‘dumb’

The party’s newest MP Sarah Pochin asked Sir Keir Starmer whether he would support banning the burka.

Evening Standard

The demand Reform UK’s newest MP made that party chairman branded ‘dumb’

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The Independent UK

New Reform MP Sarah Pochin's call to ban burqa in public branded 'dumb' by party's own chairman

The party’s surge in the polls continues to falter in the wake of bitter infighting

Evening Standard

Reform UK row as party chair calls new MP’s burqa ban question ‘dumb’

Party says ban is not its policy after Sarah Pochin called on the prime minister to introduce one

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Reform in chaos as party chief brands own MP's burka ban call 'dumb'

A SENIOR Reform UK officer has branded his party’s newest MP “dumb” for calling for a ban on the burka

The National (Scotland)

Reform UK chairman calls Farage’s newest MP ‘dumb’ over burqa ban calls

Zia Yusuf said it is ‘dumb’ for the party to urge Keir Starmer to do things Reform UK would not

The Independent UK

New Reform MP calls on Starmer to ban burqa

Sarah Pochin called on Sir Keir Starmer to ban burkas in “the interest of public safety” during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday (4 June).

The Independent UK

'Shame!': Outrage as Reform UK MP calls for burka to be banned

MPs have reacted with outrage after Reform UK's newest MP called on the Government to ban the burka face covering

The National (Scotland)

Nigel Farage blasted for 'fantasy economics' as Reform claims £225billion savings by axing net zero projects

He is calling for the scrapping of the two-child benefit cap and restoring the winter fuel payment to all pensioners

Evening Standard

MPs must act to legalise assisted dying, Leadbeater urges as debate begins

High-profile supporters include Dame Esther Rantzen while Paralympian Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is among those opposed.

Evening Standard

MPs attack Esther Rantzen for ‘distasteful’ stance in assisted dying debate

MPs in emotional debate over the penultimate stage of Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill in Commons

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Evening Standard

Assisted dying Bill returns to Commons amid divided opinion among MPs

Various amendments will be debated and voted on by MPs on Friday.

Euronews

Are we seeing the end of the UK's political duopoly?

Labour and the Conservatives have had a stranglehold on political power for decades — but as Reform UK's victory in last week's election shows, this now appears to changing.

Evening Standard

Parliament’s newest MP takes her seat after by-election win over Labour

Sarah Pochin was flanked by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and chief whip Lee Anderson as she arrived in the Commons.

The Guardian - UK

Unison chief tells staff at Reform-controlled councils to join union

Nigel Farage warns employees working on diversity or climate change initiatives to seek ‘alternative careers’

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Evening Standard

Who is Sarah Pochin? Reform UK's first female MP

The former Tory councillor only joined Reform UK in March 2025, having been a Conservative in the past and has a strong belief in British identity

The Guardian - UK

‘They really are all horrible’: political anger marks Reform UK’s Runcorn win

Many voted for party as protest against government, while there is a growing trend of people detaching completely from politics

The Independent UK

Farage hails Reform as ‘main opposition’ after gaining MP and councils

Reform UK has won Staffordshire and Lincolnshire councils from the Conservatives and taken control of Durham County Council.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer defends ‘tough decisions’ as local election results roll in

Reform UK’s Sarah Pochin beat Sir Keir Starmer’s candidate Karen Shore by six votes in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election.

Euronews

Reform UK wins by-election by just six votes to gain fifth MP

Nigel Farage's right-wing populist party campaigned on an anti-immigration platform in Runcorn and Helsby, a constituency in northwest England.

Evening Standard

Starmer says ‘I get it’ after Labour’s ‘disappointing’ Runcorn defeat

The Prime Minister said his party ‘get it’ after new MP Sarah Pochin took the seat by a historically slim margin on Friday.

Evening Standard

Local elections 2025 full results: Reform gain new MP and control of first councils as Tories and Labour falter

Reform have made huge gains, beating Labour at the Runcorn by-election and seizing control of Kent, Staffordshire, Durham, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire councils

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