A Lancashire shop owner has barred a Tory MP for life after he 'voted to starve children'.

Ian Bailey, who owns running shop, The Running Centre, has banned his local MP David Morris after he voted not to extend free school meals over half term.

The Bolton News:

Mr Bailey, whose shop is based in Lancaster said the ban was a direct result of Mr Morris 'voting to starve children'.

The 58-year-old said: "I don’t want his business and I don’t want any other Tory MP’s business or any politician who voted against feeding the neediest.

“Everybody’s suffering with this pandemic… for the Government to vote against a basic principle of feeding minors is just so far below the belt.”

The shop owner has placed a poster on the door to his shop window which reads: “David Morris MP is barred from entering this store for voting to starve children.

“Thatcher starved the miners… Morris starving the minors.”

The Bolton News:

Mr Bailey said he does not think Mr Morris has visited his shop before, adding: “I know that he does run but he’s never patronised his local business.”

The shop owner also plans to gift £500 of his own money to a local food bank and will be calling on Mr Morris to match the donation.

He said: “I can ill afford it. I run my own business and things are challenging but I’m putting my money where my mouth is.

“The money we would have spent on holiday but we’re going to give to the food bank and make sure those less fortunate are going to be looked after.”

Mr Bailey said the issue is important to him as he often works at a local homeless shelter, regularly seeing people with 'a genuine need to be taken care of by society'.

The Bolton News:

Last week Chancellor Rishi Sunak and three other Conservative MPs were banned from The Mill pub in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, over their vote against extending free school meals.

Mr Bailey said he would encourage other business owners who felt passionate to use the same form of protest against their local MPs, adding: "We’re all in this together."