Jay-Z‘s talent agency earlier this year.The Man Utd striker won widespread praise last week after he spearheaded a campaign which forced the government to reverse their decision to not provide meals for disadvantaged children throughout the summer.Although Rashford headed up the campaign, he was heavily supported by Roc Nation after signing with the agency in April.As The Telegraph reports, Jay-Z even contacted Rashford to say how “extremely proud” he was of his efforts.
'We understood each other': Marcus Rashford describes his phone call with Boris Johnson as free school meals U-turn was confirmed - and how he's now planning next move
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Read today's top stories here“I think this is only going to be successful throughout the summer period so we’ve bought ourselves six weeks of time now to plan and figure out what’s next and keep taking steps forward,” said Rashford.“I don’t want this to be the end of it because there are definitely more steps that need to be taken.
So we just need to analyse the response.”Discussing the phone call with Mr Johnson, Rashford said: "He was just grateful that someone had an opinion and shared it
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk
21.06.2020 / 18:35
Marcus Rashford and Fareshare providing 'more than 3.7 million meals per week' during pandemic
Marcus Rashford has said more than 3.7 million meals are now being supplied to vulnerable people during the pandemic, following on from his successful campaign to extend the government's free school meals scheme over summer.The 22-year-old Manchester United ace is working with national food charity Fareshare to feed vulnerable people during the coronavirus lockdown.Today, he took to Twitter to announce that the charity is now supplying 3.7 million meals each week."Thank you ALL for your
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
21.06.2020 / 16:23
'I grew up on free school meals - this is what Marcus Rashford's moment means to me'
Longsight, Furqan Naeem knows more than most, the importance of free school meals. Sometimes, it was the main meal he would look forward to in the day - knowing he'd get a full plate of food, a drink and a packet of crisps. So when a local lad from Wythenshawe named Marcus Rashford made history on Tuesday, it struck a chord with Furqan.
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
20.06.2020 / 00:39
Marcus Rashford takes a knee in support of Black Lives Matter as he returns to the pitch after winning free school meals campaign
forcing the government into a U-turn over free school meal vouchers for vulnerable children over the summer holidays.
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
17.06.2020 / 22:27
"We just wanted to celebrate what a Wythenshawe man had achieved" - lads behind viral Marcus Rashford banner on why they chose to honour him
Wythenshawe road sign as a tribute to Marcus Rashford have spoken about why they chose to honour him.
dailyrecord.co.uk
17.06.2020 / 17:57
Boris Johnson in car crash outside parliament as convoy targeted by protester
Kurdish rebels, ran into the road outside the gates to Parliament in front of the convoy. This forced the lead vehicles in the convoy - a police motorbike and the Prime Minister's Jaguar - to stop, with a support vehicle running into the back of the luxury saloon carrying the Prime Minister.
dailyrecord.co.uk
17.06.2020 / 17:03
Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer trade places on schools - what Scots need to take away from Prime Minister’s Questions
1 - Go for goal The Labour leader started off by congratulating the PM on his U-turn over free school meals after pressure from Marcus Rashford. Starmer didn’t go in studs first though, preferring detailed questions on poverty rates and warnings from local councils, including Tory ones, that they are about to go bankrupt.
hellomagazine.com
17.06.2020 / 13:19
Meet man of the moment Marcus Rashford: his girlfriend, family life and more
MORE: Piers Morgan furious over Boris Johnson's claims about Marcus Rashford's campaign: details Marcus is the son of Robert and Melanie Rashford. He is extremely close with his mum, a former cashier, and in the wake of his victory, he paid an emotional tribute to Melanie.
msn.com
17.06.2020 / 11:29
Marcus Rashford to keep campaigning after Manchester United star forces Government U-turn on free school meals
Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has vowed to continue campaigning after his actions led the Government to reverse their decision over free school meals.On Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a U-turn over not extending the voucher system over the summer, announcing the launch of a new Covid Summer Food Fund to pay for lunches for all 1.3 million children on free meals in term for the duration of the holidays.Such a decision came after Rashford had written a passionate open
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
16.06.2020 / 21:05
PM calls Marcus Rashford to congratulate him on free schools meals - but says he only heard about campaign today
U-turned on his decision not to award free school meal vouchers over the summer holidays in England.