The state should back institutions such as schools, courthouses and immigration centres which require individuals to remove face-coverings such as the niqab veil worn by some Muslim women, Prime Minister David Cameron said.
Mr Cameron said he did not believe there should be a ban on wearing the niqab - which conceals the whole face - in the streets.
But he made clear he was "happy" to look at the issue of whether the state needed to do more to back up institutions which choose to implement a ban. [The Huffington Post UK/ PA] Read more
