Marcus Rashford’s petition to end child food poverty passes 1 MILLION signatures

Marcus Rashford‘s petition to end child food poverty passed an incredible one million signatures on Wednesday evening. 

The online petition, titled ‘End child food poverty – no child should be going hungry’, reached the milestone and continues to rise constantly as more members of the public support the footballer’s campaign. 

The news comes after the Manchester United star hailed ‘superstars’ across Britain on Tuesday night for supporting his campaign for free school meals. 

Marcus Rashford’s petition to end child food poverty passed 1 million signatures

The Manchester United star has campaigned tirelessly for free school meals provision 

The England striker said: ‘To all the local business owners, to the food bank volunteers, to the teachers, to the carers, to the campaigners, this is your moment. 

‘Our children have felt the warmth and the compassion of their community and I am grateful beyond words.

‘We have proved that even when we have little, we still have something to give. I am truly humbled by what I have witnessed over the last couple of days, I couldn’t be prouder to call Britain my home, and to call football my profession.

‘To all of you climbing into bed tonight after a hard day supporting our most needy, I salute you. You are the real superstars. I’m in awe of you all. Thank you.’ 

His comments come after he appeared to force Boris Johnson at another climbdown on free school meals during holidays as furious Tories accused the PM of ‘shooting himself in both feet’ by bungling the policy. 

Mr Johnson is preparing to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into holiday clubs in an attempt to defuse the row.

It is too late for the scheme to be implemented over half-term, but Mr Johnson is considering putting it in place for the Christmas holidays. 

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