The England player has also forced a series of Government U-turns over free school meals during the coronavirus pandemic. But the Manchester United forward, 23, said on Twitter on Tuesday evening that political magazine The Spectator is set to run a story suggesting he has "benefited commercially" from his campaigning. But I'm also a Manchester United and England international footballer. Before that he launched a petition urging the Government to extend free school meals through the half-term and Christmas holidays, eventually pressuring ministers into providing £170 million of extra funding. Rashford, who received free school meals himself, was made an MBE in the delayed 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Source: Daily Mirror July 20, 2021 22:03 UTC