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Evening Standard
Politics
Bill Bowkett

New Reform MP Sarah Pochin's call to ban burqa in public branded 'dumb' by party's own chairman

The chairman of Reform UK says it was "dumb" for the party's newest MP to call on the Prime Minister to ban the burqa.

Sarah Pochin, who last month was elected to represent the parliamentary seat of Runcorn and Helsby in Cheshire, asked Sir Keir Starmer whether Britain will join the likes of France and Denmark in banning the garment being worn in public.

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