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The series of events began last Wednesday when Pochin, the newly-elected MP for Runcorn and Helsby, asked Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer if he would join France and Denmark in banning the burka, a veil worn by some Muslim women that covers the face and body, "in the interests of public safety".

Before his resignation, Yusuf had criticised Sarah Pochin, who won last month's Runcorn and Helsby by-election for the party.

Earlier, Yusuf had criticised Reform MP Sarah Pochin - who won last month's Runcorn and Helsby by-election - for urging Sir Keir Starmer to ban the burka "in the interests of public safety" during her Prime Minister's Questions debut on Wednesday.

Sarah Pochin - who won last month's Runcorn and Helsby by-election - urged the prime minister to ban the garment "in the interests of public safety".

Pochin, a former Conservative councillor, became Reform UK's fifth MP last month when she narrowly defeated Labour in a by-election in the Cheshire constituency of Runcorn and Helsby.