MARCUS RASHFORD’S ongoing one-on-one with the government entered a new phase yesterday when the Manchester United striker started a parliamentary petition to end child food poverty.

Rashford’s campaign work during lockdown has not only seen him force Boris Johnson’s government into an embarrassing U-Turn to providing food vouchers during the summer holidays, the England international has also struck up a partnership with national supermarkets to start the Child Food Poverty Task Force.

Distributing over four million meals to vulnerable households so far, Rashford has now demanded the government implement three things as part of their National Food Strategy: