Robert Jenrick, UK shadow justice secretary, on the opening day of the UK Conservative Party conference in Manchester.

Labour have accused Robert Jenrick of “peddling division” after he backed a ban of women wearing the burqa in the UK.

The shadow justice secretary broke ranks with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch with his comments, which he made in a phone-in show on Talk.

Jenrick said: “I probably would ban the burqa.”

After being reminded that Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin made a similar call in the House of Commons in June, he said: “She did, but you’ve also seen Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister, say in the last week that this is something that she’s going to pursue.

“So I think there’s definitely a strong argument for it. There are basic values in this country and we should stand up and defend them.

“And........

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