Discussions around face coverings such as the burka have been reignited after a Reform UK MP's question in parliament. (Getty) Employers should be able to decide if their staff can wear burkas in the ...

The chairman of Reform UK has branded the party’s newest MP “dumb” for asking Sir Keir Starmer to introduce a burqa ban. Sarah Pochin, the new Runcorn and Helsby MP, provoked the fury of Zia Yusuf on ...

Britain should ban the burka in public because it poses a "huge impediment to assimilation", Reform UK's head of policy Zia Yusuf has claimed. Zia Yusuf was quizzed on his position at a fringe meeting ...

Reform UK MPs today called for a ban on burqas in Britain - but there was confusion as officials insisted prohibiting the garment is not the party's policy. Sarah Pochin, who won last month's Runcorn ...

MEBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing the Muslim garment in the chamber.

Australia’s Parliament descended into turmoil Monday after right-wing populist Sen. Pauline Hanson entered the chamber wearing a burqa, triggering outrage from Muslim lawmakers and forcing proceedings ...

(Corrects to change typographical error in word "risk" in paragraph 13) SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian far-right Senator Pauline Hanson wore a burqa to Parliament on ...