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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Kemi Badenoch says employers should be able to ban burqas in the workplace

Employers should be able to ban burqas in the workplace, Kemi Badenoch has argued, further inflaming the row over the issue ignited by Reform UK last week.

The Conservative leader also claimed she wouldn’t let people into her constituency surgeries if they wore face veils, saying she has “strong views about face coverings”.

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