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Deputy Conservative Chairman Matt Vickers joined Camilla Tominey on Sunday’s instalment of GB News as he branded Rachel Reeves “appalling” during a fiery debate about the Chancellor being barred from her local pub. It comes after Martin Knowles, of the Marsh Inn said Reeves and all other Labour MPs have been banned from the premises as landlords across the nation are facing a surge in business rates next year following the delivery of her Budget last month.

Addressing the controversy, Tominey asked the MP: “What do you think about Rachel Reeves being banned from her local pub? You support this, I presume, that the Chancellor has let down the hospitality industry and therefore should be Persona non grata at the march in Pudsey?

He replied: “Sometimes when I think people are banned from things because of their politics, it’s a bit naf. But in real terms, do you know what this woman is doing to the hospitality trade in this country? One hundred eleven thousand people have lost their jobs since this government came to power and slammed them all with that tax – that jobs tax. Now she’s come back for more…”

The GB News host interjected to ask: “So you are happy for the Chancellor to be told there is no room at The Marsh Inn, in Pudsey, for her to have an Aperol Spritz?”

He responded: “I think what she is doing to the hospitality business is appalling. How those backbench MPs can walk through a lobby and vote for that, I do not know. They should get themselves down to the pub and see these people who work day and night.”

When challenged on Labour’s £500 wage hike, the politician responded: “It’s great having a pay rise in a living wage – but if you haven’t got a job, it’s not much use to you.”

The Treasury declined to comment on Reeves being banned from the pub, according to the Mail.

However, a department spokesperson said: “We’re protecting pubs, restaurants and cafes with the Budget’s £4.3 billion support package.

“This comes on top of our efforts to ease licensing to help more venues offer pavement drinks and put on one-off events, maintaining our cut to alcohol duty on draught pints, and capping Corporation Tax.”