Anger at cosmetics chain who ban poppies

An MP is calling for a boycott of shops that ban staff from wearing Poppies.

The row erupted after staff at cosmetics firm Bodycare were threatened with disciplinary action for wearing Poppies because they are "not part of their uniform".

A worker at one store told how she was humiliated and ordered to remove a Poppy that she had pinned to her lapel.

The Bodycare chain employs over 1600 staff nationwide, and has an annual turnover of #123 million pounds.

But it has emerged that the high streen giant Bodycare is not the only national store to ban staff from wearing Poppies.

According to the British Legion the Bodycare ban is only the tip of the iceberg of stores that ban staff from wearing Poppies in their employee regulations.

Bodycare worker Catherine Barr told of her dismay when she was ordered to remove her poppy at the branch in Wigan, Lancs.

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