Tech companies and a local authority in Boris Johnson’s constituency are among the latest to throw their weight behind Marcus Rashford’s growing campaign to end child food poverty. The 22-year-old England star has said he is “truly overwhelmed” by the groundswell of support his initiative has...
Demand at food banks and child poverty charities in Ben Bradley’s constituency has doubled despite falling donations, with organisers describing the MP’s comments on free school meals as “disgusting”.Bradley wrote a series of tweets on Friday explaining why he had voted against extending free school...
Pressure is mounting on Ben Bradley to apologise for a Twitter tirade in which the Conservative MP was accused of linking free school meals with “crack dens” and “brothels”.Bradley, who this week voted against extending free school meals for deprived children during the holidays until...
Scores of councils have pledged to feed disadvantaged children over the school holidays as they joined a wave of public support for a campaign led by the England and Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford. Amid growing outrage over the government’s refusal to extend free school meals...
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It was the day after 322 Conservatives voted against feeding the nation’s poorest children over the holidays. Social media, indeed all media that way inclined, had been full for many hours of people wondering how these MPs could possibly live with themselves. (The children’s minister!...
Marcus Rashford may have seen his attempt to get the government to provide meals for the poorest children defeated in the Commons this week, but the footballer has harnessed a far greater force than parliament in his battle to defeat food poverty – the kindness...
More than 200 children's writers have urged the government to ensure no child goes hungry this winter as the row over free school meals continues.Children's laureate Cressida Cowell, David Baddiel and Frank Cottrell Boyce are among those to have signed a letter calling for "official"...
Manchester United's Marcus Rashford has visited FareShare Greater Manchester, which is naming a new warehouse in honour of his mother Melanie. He has vowed to keep campaigning to extend free school meals, despite politicians voting against widening the scheme earlier this week....
EU Chief negotiator Michel Barnier wears a face mask as he arrives at St Pancras stationPost-Brexit trade talks between the UK and European Union will continue in London today as the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier warned both sides have a “common responsibility” to strike...