All news on the topic: Zia Yusuf

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Nigel Farage calls for ban on all full-face coverings after masked anti-migrant protests
Nigel Farage has called for full face coverings to be banned in public ‘once and for all’ after masked protesters gathered for anti-migrant demonstrations over the weekend.
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Convicted kidnapper turned anti-migrant firebrand Danny Tommo emerges as Tommy Robinson’s heir
Most of the hundreds of men clad in sinister balaclavas and black outfits on the Dover anti-migrant protest were anonymous, but one well-built man stood out from the mob.
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Nigel Farage says Reform UK is 80 per cent ready for a snap general election
Nigel Farage has revealed his personal plan for the next general election and claimed Reform UK is 80 per cent ready to fight a snap poll.
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Nigel Farage’s two closest aides quit as Reform UK donation scandal engulfs conference
The loss of Dan Jukes and James Orr from the populist leader’s top team represents a major blow to a party that’s trying to professionalize.
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Reform UK and France’s National Rally unveil pact to "stop the boats forever"
Nigel Farage has been joined on stage by French right-wing politician and Le Pen protégé Jordan Bardella, as Reform UK vowed to return migrants arriving on small boats back to France.
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Nigel Farage to declare national emergency on day one of Reform UK government
Nigel Farage is set to pledge a Reform UK government would declare a “national emergency” within its first day in office, as he prepares to outline a programme of action at the party’s 2026 National Conference.
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£662million France deal fails to improve migrant boat interception rate
The French police’s interception rate of illegal migrants has fallen despite a £660million deal with the UK to stop the boats, an analysis of Home Office data has revealed.
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Shabana Mahmood unveils "fairer" asylum housing plan amid furious local protests
Shabana Mahmood has unveiled proposals for a "fairer" approach to housing asylum seekers, despite widespread anger from affected communities.
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Reform UK defends suspending top supporter after he branded party figure a "child"
Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice today defended the suspension of a top supporter as he denied the party is appearing ’thin-skinned’ over criticism.
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Farage’s Reform UK risks becoming a populist party trapped by its own limits
Nigel Farage’s the right-wing populist party, Reform UK, is at a make-or-break moment. It will either replace the Tories as the country’s main political force on the right, or it will continue to be a marginal movement with no real hope of taking power.
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Reform UK is "democracy in name only" as Nigel Farage retains sweeping control, constitution reveals
In February 2025, Reform’s then-Chairman Zia Yusuf wrote: “We are pleased to announce that, as promised, Nigel Farage has handed over ownership of Reform UK to its members.
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Reform UK suspends Farage ally after public criticism of senior party figure
Reform UK has suspended a high-profile supporter and one-time Farage ally after he criticised the party’s home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf for not being a “team player”.
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Villages revolt as Labour plans to house 1,200 asylum seekers at former military bases
Villages across England have been left up in arms after the Government confirmed it is continuing plans to house up to 1,200 asylum seekers at three former military bases in Oxfordshire, North Yorkshire and Suffolk.
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Reform UK wants to send 10,000 foreign criminals to prisons in El Salvador
Reform UK is in talks with El Salvador over a plan to deport all foreign criminals to the country’s tough jails should it win the next General Election.
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Farage’s Channel migration plan rejected by France and Downing Street as illegal
Nigel Farage’s desperate small boats plan has been dismissed as impractical and illegal as he attempts to divert attention from sleaze allegations.
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Reform UK vows military operation to stop small boats crossing the English Channel
Reform UK would launch a military operation in the England Channel to stop small boats if it were in power, the party has said.
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Green leader Zack Polanski says guillotine post was a mistake as police make inquiries
Green Party leader Zack Polanski said he made an “inadvertent mistake” over a controversial social media image but did not apologise to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.
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Nigel Farage demands police investigate Zack Polanski over guillotine T-shirt post
Zack Polanski has condemned an image of a man wearing a guillotine t-shirt and the words ‘making plans for Nigel’ after Reform UK branded it an ‘incitement to murder’.
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Nigel Farage’s Clacton by-election gamble risks backfiring as Reform faces growing pressure
Winning an uncontested stronghold against novelty candidates will do little to answer the concerns hanging over the growing party.
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UK court deals blow to Shabana Mahmood’s migrant deportation scheme
Shabana Mahmood’s one-in, one-out deal has been thrown into chaos after migrants successfully argued deporting them was unlawful.
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Farage faces Commons probe over hidden £5m donor cash
The Reform UK leader received the donation weeks before he announced he would stand as a candidate in Clacton ahead of the 2024 General Election.
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Reform UK vows to jail civil servants who knowingly granted asylum to sex offenders
Reform UK has stated it would prosecute civil servants who knowingly granted asylum to sex offenders.
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Mother of fraudster linked to Farage poured £750,000 into Reform UK
Electoral Commission figures indicate that Fiona Cottrell has contributed £750,000 to the party over the past year.
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Political earthquake in Scotland: Labour snatch seat from SNP, Reform on the rise
Labour has recorded a shock victory in the Holyrood by-election, seizing the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse seat from the SNP.
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Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe under police investigation for alleged threats
Great Yarmouth MP denies wrongdoing and suggests complaints are in response to his criticism of Nigel Farage