- Senior Reform UK figure Tim Montgomerie has been suspended from the party following public criticism of home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf, whom he accused of failing to act as a team player.
- Montgomerie declared that he will challenge his suspension as a test case to see if Reform UK can tolerate free speech, maintaining that he wishes to remain a member and support party policies.
- The dispute intensified after Montgomerie claimed on a podcast that leader Nigel Farage had fallen out of love with Yusuf, noting that Yusuf had previously refused to delete a social media post criticised by Farage.
- Reform UK defended the decision, stating that party leadership acted after months of complaints regarding Montgomerie's behaviour, stressing that disagreements should occur behind closed doors rather than in the national media.
- This internal party division has emerged despite Nigel Farage securing a return to Parliament following his victory in the Clacton by-election.
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