Former banker Zia Yusuf quit his senior role last night after appearing to call one of the party's MPs 'dumb' for backing a burqa ban. And Labour won Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse vote.

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

The multi-millionaire businessman said he no longer believed that working for Reform to win power at the next general election was 'a good use of my time'.

Reform chair Zia Yusuf has quit after a row with the party’s newest MP

Zia Yusuf quit on Thursday after branding the party’s newest MP ‘dumb’