The sudden departure of Zia Yusuf, chairman of Nigel Farage’s anti-immigration party, is a blow to the organization and comes after a clash with another party member over the burqa.

Zia Yusuf resigned as chairman of Reform UK after 11 months in the job, delivering a blow to its leader, Nigel Farage, who has promised to build and professionalize the insurgent party in a quest for power at the next general election.

Reform's chairman Zia Yusuf resigned his post with a party jibe for Nigel Farage's party after he criticised new MP Sarah Pochin for a PMQs question on whether to ban the burka