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Man Utd's Marcus Rashford Calls On Govt To Bring Back Free School Meals

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free meal vouchers would not continue over the summer in the UK, despite being made available during the Easter holidays as the country coped with the coronavirus pandemic.

At the time, eligible pupils received vouchers worth £15 a week. Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford has written an open letter to parliament, calling for the government to rethink this decision as it would leave thousands of vulnerable families at risk, he says.“As a family, we relied on breakfast clubs, free school meals, and the kind of actions of neighbours and coaches,” he wrote in the moving letter which he shared on Instagram. “Food banks and soup kitchens were not alien to us; I recall very clearly our visits to Northern Morr to collect our Christmas.

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Rashford called on MPs to reverse the government's decision to end free school meals for low-income familes.The England striker said the letter was 'written from the heart' and pleaded for authorities to let vulnerable children to continue receiving the free school means during summer.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions hereThe Prime Minister and Department for Education initially said the scheme would end with the school term.Now, the government has U-turned and poured an extra £120m into a one-off 'COVID summer food fund'.The prime minister’s official spokesperson said on Tuesday: “Owing to the coronavirus pandemic
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Marcus Rashford has hailed the government's decision to change their minds over his proposal for free school meals for children over the summer holidays.
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More than a million of England's poorest children will get free meal vouchers over the summer holidays after a massive Tory U-turn.
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