Businessman tears up over Labour’s Budget

The first full day post-Budget has not been a happy one. While Labour’s spinners are hard at work trying to convince the nation – and themselves – that Rachel Reeves’s fiscal statement was a success, real people across the country are reeling from Wednesday’s announcement. Mr S wrote yesterday about how leading figures in the hospitality industry were quick to express their outrage at Reeves’s call to raise alcohol duty – but this isn’t the only sector in shock at the Chancellor’s proposals.

Salon Employers Association founder Toby Dicker spoke on Sky News today about the impact Labour’s Budget will have on his business. At times finding himself emotional, and at one point having to stop to gather himself, the visibly shocked businessman told Kay Burley: ‘I’m angry and sad and shellshocked…’. Setting out his case, Dicker told viewers:

The initial reaction from our supporters is, to be honest, shell shock.