Hairdressers follow Pub owners ban Labor MPs in response to high taxes.
Hairdressers and salons join more than 1,000 pubs banned by Sir Keir Starmer's MPs over Rachel Reeves' budget.
In recent weeks, homeowners angered by rising business rates have begun to display stickers on windows and doors reading “No Labor MPs”.
Hospitality industry leaders also warned that a combination of National Insurance costs and minimum wage increases had led to pub closures.
Miss Reeves, chancellor, is among the deputies who were banned from visiting local pub following sharp tax hikes that hit the hospitality industry.
According to the Mail on Sunday, hairdressers are also joining in the reaction.
Among them is Collette Osborne, who runs two Hairven salons in Nottinghamshire and put up a banner reading “MPs Against Labour”, arguing that businesses like hers are “desperate and hanging by a thread”.
Ms Osborne faces an increase in her business rates bill of more than £10,000 a year and has now banned Juliet Campbell and Michael Payne, her two local MPs.
Sign on many pubs and barbershops – Lorne Campbell
She told the Mail on Sunday: “[Ms Reeves] promised that she would protect small businesses and beauty salons. I'm furious that the government now seems to have its fingers in its ears.
“There is no spare capacity to absorb increases in business rates on top of increases in wages, utilities, finance costs and Covid debt repayments. That's why Labor MPs are not allowed in.”
Emma Vickery, a hairdresser from London, also said Labour's tax policies had hit her hard.
“I'm proud to have supported the public finances through tax and Jobs Fund contributions for almost four decades, but they are becoming financially unsustainable. Without urgent support or recognition of the challenges faced by small employers, businesses like mine will disappear,” she said.
Industry leaders, including Toby Dicker of the Salon Employers' Association, added that its members had expected more support from Labor and felt “betrayed”.
He said: “All our members are decent, hard-working, kind people – people who expect a Labor government that triumphantly declared it will 'make work pay' to support them as the backbone of the high street. [They] feel betrayed.”
His concerns were echoed by the Conservatives, with Andrew Griffith, the shadow business secretary, saying the government was ignoring the concerns of small businesses.
“This government is unwilling to listen to small businesses, so it's no surprise that salons have joined the pubs in banning their Labor MP. Perhaps if they feel some of the misery they cause on Britain's high streets, things will change.”
A Labor source said: “The Government is supporting large businesses across the country, including hairdressers and salons. That's why the Chancellor announced a £4.3 billion support package in last month's Budget.”
Labor has been contacted for comment.
