Announcing the decision to make the burka mandatory for all women in Afghanistan once again - marking an escalation of growing restrictions on women in public - the acting minister for the Taliban's ...

When Sarah Pochin, the Reform MP, recently asked prime minister Keir Starmer whether Britain should follow France, Belgium, and Denmark in banning the burka, my mother - watching the clip beside me - ...

17:06, Wed, Jun 11, 2025 Updated: 17:08, Wed, Jun 11, 2025 Well, at least the latest Reform row has highlighted one of the issues of the day: should Britain ban the burka? I’m not massively in favour ...

Kemi Badenoch has revealed she refuses to meet or speak to constituents who cover their faces as she backed allowing bosses to ban female staff from wearing burkas. The Conservative leader said she ...

In Canada, the burka should not be a considered political symbol of Saudi-inspired Islamic extremism (Muslim Group Moves To Ban Burka - online edition, Oct. 7). When a woman chooses to wear a burka in ...

Watch: Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin calls on PM to ban the burka Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf says it was "dumb" for the party's newest MP to call on Sir Keir Starmer to ban the burka. Sarah Pochin - who ...

Reform UK’s newest MP calling for a ban on the burka was “dumb”, the party’s chairman has said. In a sign of a Reform split on the policy, Zia Yusuf said he had “no idea” that Sarah Pochin’s first ...

As a Conservative, I’m uncomfortable with banning anything. I’m a great believer in freedom of choice. As long as your choices aren’t harming anyone else, then I say live and let live. And recent ...

A Sydney woman who was acquitted of lying about a policeman removing her burka has lost a bid to make the state pay her legal bills. Carnita Matthews had been found guilty in 2010 of making a false ...

Britain's former foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, has been told to apologise by British Prime Minister Theresa May and other senior Conservatives for a newspaper column in which he wrote ...

Model, actress and activist Lily Cole has apologised for posting a picture of herself in a burka as a way to "embrace diversity" and promote her new book. Critics said posing in the garment, worn by ...