- Reform UK's chairman, Zia Yusuf, criticised the party's new MP, Sarah Pochin, for urging Keir Starmer to ban burqas, calling it “dumb” to ask for something the party itself doesn't support.
- Sarah Pochin, the new MP for Runcorn and Helsby, used her first PMQs question to call on the prime minister to ban burqas “in the interest of public safety”.
- Keir Starmer responded to Pochin's question by welcoming her to the Commons but stating he would not pursue a burqa ban.
- Zia Yusuf clarified that banning burqas is not Reform UK policy.
- Nigel Farage told GB News he would welcome a broader debate about face coverings in public, citing concerns about identification and public safety.
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Reform UK chairman calls Farage’s newest MP ‘dumb’ over burqa ban calls
