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The Guardian // World // Europe

Kemi Badenoch says she does not speak to women in burqas at constituency surgery

Sunday 8th June 2025, 11:13AM

Tory leader says women can wear what they like, but that she asks people who attend her surgery to remove face coveringsKemi Badenoch has said she will not speak to women wearing burqas in her constituency surgery, and argued that employers should be able to ban their staff from wearing face coverings.The Conservative leader gave her views after the newest Reform MP, Sarah Pochin, triggered a debate over the subject by pressing the prime minister on whether he would follow the lead of other European countries such as France in banning the burqa. Continue reading...

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