No 10 says it backs pubs as landlords bar Labour MPs in tax protest

Downing Street has insisted the government backs pubs, as a growing number sign up to a campaign to bar Labour MPs from their premises in protest at tax rates.The Labour MP ban was kicked off a week ago and more than 250 pubs, restaurants and hotels have signed up all over the country, including the Old Thatch in Dorset.The Old Thatch landlord Andy Lennox said the protest was a last resort after multiple…