After 11 months in the role, Yusuf said on Thursday that working to get the party elected was no longer "a good use of my time", without expanding further.

Zia Yusuf said on Saturday he would return to Britain's right-wing Reform UK party, two days after quitting as its chair, blaming his abrupt resignation on exhaustion from the job.

The 38-year-old businessman said his decision to stand down had been the result of ‘exhaustion’ and working for 11 months ‘without a day off’.