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Yusuf resigned suddenly from the role on Thursday, shortly after saying it was "dumb" for new Reform MP Sarah Pochin to call on the prime minister to ban the burka.

However, she said that organisations should be able to decide what their staff wear and that she asked people coming to her constituency surgeries to remove face coverings "whether it's a burka or a balaclava".

A burka ban is not Reform party policy.

However, it comes after he said it was "dumb" for the party's newest MP to call on Sir Keir Starmer to ban the burka.

A burka ban was not a Reform UK policy at last year's general election.