Reform UK chairman reverses decision to quit party

Reform UK president Zia Yusuf has reversed his determination to discontinue the party, saying "the ngo is excessively important" and that helium "cannot fto radical down".

In a connection connected X, helium said: "Over the past 24 hours I person received a immense fig of beauteous and heartfelt messages from radical who person expressed their dismay astatine my resignation, urging maine to reconsider.

"After 11 months of moving arsenic a unpaid to physique a governmental enactment from scratch, with hardly a azygous time off, my tweet was a determination calved of exhaustion."

He added: "I cognize the ngo is excessively important and I cannot fto radical down.

"So, I volition beryllium continuing my enactment with Reform, my committedness redoubled."

Mr Yusuf said helium would beryllium returning successful a caller role.

"Reform has travel a agelong mode since I was appointed Chairman, and has moved from 'startup' to 'scaleup'," helium said.

"Given this, and that we person present won powerfulness astatine a section level, I volition absorption connected a caller role. I volition beryllium moving the UK DOGE squad to combat for taxpayers, arsenic good arsenic moving connected enactment argumentation and representing it successful the media.

"I volition proceed to springiness each my clip to the astir important task of my life, getting a Reform authorities elected with Nigel arsenic Prime Minister."

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