Marcus Rashford has urged the Prime Minister to do more in the fight against child food poverty after becoming an MBE in the Queen's birthday honours. The Manchester United and England star has been recognised for his work in feeding underprivileged children, which included forcing Boris Johnson into a U-turn over providing free school meal vouchers for 1.3million kids during the summer holidays. Marcus Rashford (middle) has been awarded an MBE for his work feeding underprivileged kidsRashford has called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to extend the free school meals vouchersAfter news broke of his MBE, Rashford shared an image on social media reading a newspaper'I'm incredibly honoured and humbled,' Rashford said. 'As a young black man from Wythenshawe, never did I think I would be accepting an MBE, never mind an MBE at the age of 22. Rashford's appeal came as it emerged that 900,000 more kids have been registered for free school meals during the pandemic.

Source: Daily Mail October 09, 2020 21:32 UTC