CYP Now - Marcus Rashford unveils food poverty taskforce

Footballer Marcus Rashford has unveiled a new food poverty taskforce with the backing of major supermarkets in a bid to tackle rising food inequality.

England forward Marcus Rashford shared his own experiences of food poverty. Picture: Manchester United

The Manchester United and England forward sparked a government U-turn over the provision of free school meals during the summer holidays in June.

In an open letter to government, in which he revealed a taskforce, Rashford calls for longer-term solutions to stop increasing numbers of families going hungry.

The 22-year-old who is working in partnership with FareShare and the Food Foundation, said in his letter that the progress made by his previous victory on free school meals “was only ever going to support this issue in the short-term”.

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