The 22-year-old, who successfully lobbied the UK government during lockdown to provide free school meals for children over the summer holidays, is once again calling on MPs to take decisive action and help those most in need.
Marcus has formed a task force that includes Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Deliveroo, FareShare, Food Foundation, Iceland, Kellogg's, Lidl, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose, and the group have sent an open letter to all UK MPs.
For the millions who don’t have the platform to be heard...
ud83dudde3 #ENDCHILDFOODPOVERTY pic.twitter.com/OuJrZNuWa7 — Marcus Rashford (@MarcusRashford) September 1, 2020The task force are calling for three national food strategy policy recommendations, which are:
- Expansion of free school meals to every child from a household on universal credit or equivalent, reaching an additional 1.