BRITISH politicians will discuss banning Donald Trump from entering the UK after a petition with nearly 574,000 signatures urged them to keep the controversial US presidential candidate out of the country.

The debate on Monday evening comes as the billionaire reality TV star continues to dominate the campaign to choose the Republican candidate for the US elections slated for November.

Labour Party MP Paul Flynn, who is convening the debate, said he sought to “represent the anger of petitioners” outraged over Trump’s targeting of minorities and views on man-made climate change, but did not want to ban the American business mogul outright.