Baroness Warsi is British. She also supports Polygamous Muslim marriages which are recognised as legal under British immigration law. They also cost the taxpayer a minimum of £8 million every year.

Although polygamy is illegal for the indigenous population, the successive Tory and Labour administrations have made an exception for Muslims. Polygamous marriages are officially recognised in Britain provided the weddings were "legal in the countries where they took place."

This means that a Muslim male can marry up to the four wives he is allowed under Islamic law in a Muslim country such as Pakistan. He is then able to legally bring them all to Britain.

Countries in which polygamous marriages take place which are recognised as legal by British law include Pakistan, Nigeria and India.The practice is said to have become commonplace, at least among Kashmiris, a group that accounts for most Pakistanis in Britain. Muslims believe that the Prophet Muhammad practised polygamy.