Reform UK proposes to ban all face coverings in the UK

The move would 'help people feel safe'

This ban would include face coverings such as balaclavas and the burka.

A burka is a type of outer garment worn by some Muslim women that fully covers the body and the face.

The party gathered in Dover on Monday to announce a number policies the party would implement if they came into power.

Speaking yesterday at the event, Reform's Spokesperson for Home Affairs and Head of Policy Zia Yusuf said: “I personally support a ban on all face coverings in public… that’s actually a piece of legislation that has multiple bonuses to it because it’s going to aid integrations, it’s also going to help people feel safe.”

He added: “If you’re walking down a pavement and someone is walking in the opposite direction towards you at dusk, and they are wearing a hoodie and a balaclava, or worse, you generally cross the road.

“In this era of massive CCTV per capita in London, or any city in the world, the people who can opt out of that surveillance, ridiculously, are the people who wear those face coverings.”

This came just moments after party leader Nigel Farage vowed to defeat a “form of extreme right ethno-nationalism” sweeping across Britain...