A newly-elected Reform MP has called on the Government to ban the burka face covering.

Sarah Pochin, MP for Runcorn and Helsby, asked Sir Keir Starmer if he would join other countries which had prohibited the face and body covering worn by some Muslim women.

Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, Ms Pochin said: "Given the Prime Minister’s desire to strengthen strategic alignment with our European neighbours, will he in the interests of public safety follow the lead of France, Denmark, Belgium and others and ban the burka?"

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Her question triggered disquiet in the Commons and cries of 'shame' from MPs.

In 2010, then-president Nicolas Sarkozy introduced the ban in France.

Anyone wearing the covering in a public space faces a

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