By Oluwatokun Gbenga
Manchester United and England star, Marcus Rashford, who campaigned against the stoppage of free school meals for over 1 million displaced children during the Corona virus dominated summer, has once again gotten himself in the news.
On numerous occasions, he has talked about how free meal vouchers helped him when he was a child. It is believed to be what inspired him in fighting against the stoppage of the free meals.
Rashford, 22, has formed a taskforce with top food industries in England to fight against child poverty in the country.
Along with Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Deliveroo, FareShare, Food Foundation, Iceland, Kellogg's, Lidl, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose, he formed the 'Child Food Poverty Task Force'.
According to SkySports, Rashford said the task force endorses three national food strategy policy recommendations.
The expansion of free school meals to every child from a household on Universal Credit or equivalent, reaching an additional 1.5m seven-16-year-olds.
The expansion of holiday provision (food and activities) to support all children on free school meals, reaching an additional 1.1m children.
Increasing the value of the Healthy Start vouchers to £4.25 per week (from £3.10) and expanding into all those on Universal Credit or equivalent, reaching an additional 290,000 pregnant women and children under the age of four.
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