(Reuters) -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.

Zia Yusuf, who resigned as Reform UK chairman on Thursday, is to return to work for the party in a new role. Yusuf will lead what the party calls its "Doge team" – which is modelled on the Department of Government Efficiency set up by President Trump.

Zia Yusuf returning to Reform UK two days after quitting over burka ban stance - Party chairman Yusuf said his decision to leave on Thursday was a ‘mistake’ and the result of ‘exhaustion’