Now celebrity hairdresser BANS Labour MPs from his salon after Rachel Reeves' Budget
The entrepreneur, who heads up a team of 50 hairdressers and beauticians in west London, is backing a protest by firms up and down the country.
By GREG HEFFER, POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
Published: 12:44 GMT, 29 December 2025 | Updated: 12:45 GMT, 29 December 2025
Celebrity hairdresser Michael Van Clarke has joined a growing revolt against Rachel Reeves' Budget and banned Labour ministers from his salon.
The entrepreneur, who heads up a team of 50 hairdressers and beauticians in west London, is backing a protest by firms up and down the country.
More than 1,000 pubs have already barred Labour MPs from their premises following a backlash against the Chancellor's changes to business rates.
Now barbers and salons are doing the same with some putting up 'No Labour MPs' signs amid their anger at Ms Reeves.
Van Clarke, whose salon opened in Marylebone in 1988, counts A-list celebrities, royal families and top politicians among his clients.
But members of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's top team will no longer be able to attend his salon.
'We have a history of looking after senior party members on both sides but I fully support this latest initiative,' he told The Sun.
'I feel the lives of Labour MPs should be hindered and diminished like they are doing to ours.
'I don't think they are all evil. Most are just naive and ideologically stupid. If the entire country refuses to do business with them perhaps they will get the message.'
Celebrity hairdresser Michael Van Clarke has joined a growing revolt against Rachel Reeves' Budget and banned Labour ministers from his salon
More than 1,000 pubs have already barred Labour MPs from their premises following a backlash against the Chancellor's changes to business rates
Ms Reeves has promised a £4.3billion support package will cap business rates hikes for those sectors hit hardest by revaluations from April next year.
But industry groups have demanded greater action to help firms facing 'unsustainable' increases and warned of a devastating impact on High Streets.
The Mail on Sunday reported on how hairdressers had joined pubs in banning Labour MPs in protest at the Chancellor'sBudget.
Collette Osborne, who runs two Hairven salons in Nottinghamshire, told the newspaper she put up a 'No Labour MPs' sign because she feels businesses like hers are 'desperate and hanging on by a thread'.
Ms Osborne, whose local Labour MPs are Juliet Campbell and Michael Payne, is facing an increase in her business rates bill of more than £10,000 a year.