Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf says it was "dumb" for the party's newest MP to call on Sir Keir Starmer to ban the burka. Sarah Pochin - who won last month's Runcorn and Helsby by-election - urged ...

Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf says it was "dumb" for the party's newest MP to call on Sir Keir Starmer to ban the burka. Sarah Pochin - who won last month's Runcorn and Helsby by-election - urged ...

Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice has called for a ‘national debate’ on banning the burka (Jane Barlow/PA) Women who wear burkas should be asked if it is “genuinely their choice ...

Reform UK’s newest MP calling for a ban on the burka was “dumb”, the party’s chairman has said. In a sign of a Reform split on the policy, Zia Yusuf said he had “no idea” that Sarah ...

A burqa ban won’t protect or unite Britain – it will divide us. When politicians stir up fear around the burqa or the veil, they are not defending public safety – they are inflaming ...

Misogyny of the burka makes my blood boil – Reform shouldn't tear itself apart over this Why has Reform UK found its members disagreeing over whether we should band the burka?

The burka is the most concealing and is a one-piece veil that covers the face and body, often leaving a mesh screen to see through. A niqab is a veil for the face that leaves the area around the ...

Richard Tice says government should hold 'debate' on burka ban issue. The deputy leader of the Reform Party spoke out after Zia Yusuf, who plunged Reform into chaos after resigning on Thursday ...

There should be a debate about the banning of the burka, Reform deputy leader Richard Tice has said. The party’s former chairman Zia Yusuf announced on Thursday he was standing down just 24 ...

COMMENT: When politicians stir up fear around the burqa or the veil, they are not defending public safety – they are inflaming prejudice for political gain, writes Baroness Shaista Gohir OBE ...