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just two days after dramatically
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stepping down as reform chairman Zia
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Ysef has returned to the party this time
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at the helm of reform's UK doge efforts
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ysef resigned from his post on Thursday
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following a social media dispute with
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reform MP Sarah Pochin on whether reform
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would support a Burkaban on Saturday
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Ysef posted that after receiving an
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outpouring of support he decided to
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rededicate himself to the mission of
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getting Nigel Farage elected reform's UK
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doge mirrors the American version it
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aims to cut down on wasteful spending
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within government starting with the Kent
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County Council while key reform figures
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are celebrating Ysef's return the Lib
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Dem said that it looks like reform are
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playing musical chairman ysef's
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resignation could partially be
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attributed to a hardline minority of
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party supporters directing Islamophobic
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abuse at him since his return Ysef has
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reiterated his stance on Islam saying
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that as a Muslim he does not think Islam
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is a threat to the country he then
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promised to deport all illegal
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immigrants in other reform news the
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party has had a busy Monday reform
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support is surging in areas with higher
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than average child poverty rates the
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government has already expanded
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eligibility for free school meals
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something which they expect will lift
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100,000 children out of poverty if Kier
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Starmer also scraps the two child
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benefit cap as he's planning to do the
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government might be able to strengthen
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their defense against reforms
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encroaching influence in these areas but
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this would be an expensive move and
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might not be enough to materially curb
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child poverty levels which by the end of
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the decade are expected to be the
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highest since 1998 luke Trill director
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of the think tank More in Common said
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reform is appealing to people who are
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disillusioned with government and
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socially conservative but left-leaning
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on economic issues and in the leadup to
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next year's Welsh elections reform is
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angling to unseat labor after 26 years
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by promising to reopen Port Talbot's
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steel blast furnaces but can reform
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really back up these big promises for
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one you vowed to cut 300 to400 billion
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pounds within 5 years but when pressed
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on where these cuts could be made there
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wasn't much of a plan the lack of detail
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when you look closely at the proposed
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policies has made many wary of the
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party's ability to deliver for more on
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