Rishi Sunak's Wife has been 'Lobbying' Him to Reopen the Beauty Industry

The beauty industry has been one of the most his industries during the coronavirus pandemic, being faced with a “first to close and last to open” attitude. In his conversation with Glamour Editor-in-Chief Deborah Joseph, Rishi Sunak has shared that his wife has been ‘lobbying’ him to open the beauty industry sooner rather than later.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer further explained that decisions on which industries to open relied heavily on advice from the government’s health and medical advisors.

The decision to keep the beauty industry closed, especially in situations when hairdressers were allowed to open but beauty salons were to remain shut was judged as misogynistic, especially as the value of the beauty industry is worth over £28.4 billion to the UK economy annually.

Rishi reassured the publication that there are females who influence the decision process, and told the publication: 'I'm sorry you feel that it's been particularly difficult. We've had to take advice from our health and medical advisers – they looked at the various different close contact settings so they had to wait a bit longer to open.  

'Having said that, I've seen first-hand – and I obviously get a lot of lobbying on this topic from my wife. And I have seen the efforts the beauty industry has gone to – it's not fun or cool working under visors – but they're working hard at it because they want to welcome their customers back in a safe way. 

'A huge shout out to them for doing that. Hopefully on 2nd December we can get back to our more localised approach and we can all look our best for Christmas… even though there may not be the usual Christmas parties this year.'