"Why does their future not matter?": Pressure mounts on Prime Minister over Marcus Rashford's free school meals campaign

straight to your inboxOle Gunnar Solskjaer believes Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford have developed into more reliable goalscorers due to more playing time at Manchester United.Martial and Rashford have been certain starters throughout the season following the sale of former number nine Romelu Lukaku to Inter Milan, and the pair are both on 19 goals for United.Only six United partnerships have broken the 20-goal barrier in the same season during Martial's and Rashford's lifetime, and the duo

Marcus Rashford's form for Manchester United following his return from injury.Rashford missed eight weeks of the season with a double stress fracture to the back but came back into the side at Tottenham on June 19 and lined up five days later in United's home victory over Sheffield United.Although Rashford laid on two goals for Anthony Martial in the 3-0 win he spurned two gilt-edged chances and was criticised for ceding possession in the build-up to Tottenham's opener.Solskjaer brought Rashford

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.

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.

Katie Hopkins was permanently suspended from Twitter on Friday evening after posting a slog of vile tweets.The 44 year old had 1.1million followers on the social media platform before the company pulled the plug on her account. Controversial Katie often riled people up with her dividing opinions on the site, but appeared to take her thoughts too far as Twitter have now banned her.

forcing the government into a U-turn over free school meal vouchers for vulnerable children over the summer holidays.

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.

Red-faced health secretary Matt Hancock has said he may have had “Harry Potter on the mind” when he embarrassingly praised “Daniel Rashford” for his work on free school meals.England footballer Marcus Rashford led a campaign to extend the children’s food voucher scheme into the summer holidays, which forced a change in policy with a £120 million fund to feed 1.3 million children in England over the six-week break.Mr Hancock denied the Government had made a U-turn and told Sky News on Wednesday

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.

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

Wythenshawe.

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.

U-turned on his decision not to award free school meal vouchers over the summer holidays in England.

Rashford called on MPs to reverse the government's decision to end free school meals for low-income familes.The England striker said the letter was 'written from the heart' and pleaded for authorities to let vulnerable children to continue receiving the free school means during summer.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions hereThe Prime Minister and Department for Education