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Reform UK president Zia Yusuf has reversed his determination to discontinue the party, saying "the ngo is excessively important" and that helium "cannot fto radical down".
Instead, helium said helium volition instrumentality successful a caller role, heading up an Elon Musk-inspired "UK DOGE" team.
In a statement, helium said: "Over the past 24 hours I person received a immense fig of beauteous and heartfelt messages from radical who person expressed their dismay astatine my resignation, urging maine to reconsider."
He added: "I cognize the ngo is excessively important and I cannot fto radical down.
"So, I volition beryllium continuing my enactment with Reform, my committedness redoubled."
Mr Yusuf said helium would beryllium returning successful a caller role, seemingly focusing connected cuts and ratio wrong government.
He said helium would "fight for taxpayers".
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Only 2 days prior, Mr Yusuf dramatically handed successful his resignation.
He claimed helium nary longer thought getting a Reform authorities elected was a "good usage of my time" - but has present seemingly changed his mind.
Reform UK person Nigel Farage welcomed the quality of Mr Yusuf's return.
He said: "I americium delighted that Zia Yusuf volition caput up Reform UK's DOGE department."
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Mr Yusuf's archetypal determination to discontinue came aft helium publically distanced himself from the party's caller MP, Sarah Pochin, erstwhile she asked Sir Keir Starmer astir banning the burka astatine Prime Minister's Questions.
Reform said a prohibition was not enactment argumentation - and the president called it a "dumb" happening to ask.
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What is DOGE?
DOGE is simply a meme-coin inspired instauration of Musk's, lasting for the Department of Government Efficiency.
It is the latest right-wing US import into British politics.
Before his nationalist fallout with Donald Trump, the tech billionaire said his absorption was redeeming taxpayers' wealth by locating wasteful spending wrong authorities and cutting it.
Read more: How Elon Musk's ngo to chopped authorities spending fell flat
However, absorption politicians questioned the interaction of his efforts and however overmuch helium really saved.
Musk initially had ambitions to slash authorities spending by $2trn (£1.5trn) - but this was dramatically reduced to $1trn (£750bn) and past to conscionable $150bn (£111bn).
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