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Jordan Reynolds

Badenoch says organisations should be able to decide if staff can wear burkas

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch (Chris Radburn/PA) - (PA Wire)

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said employers should be able to decide if their staff can wear burkas in the workplace.

Mrs Badenoch also said people who come to her constituency surgeries must remove their face coverings “whether it’s a burka or a balaclava”.

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