Marcus Rashford (born 31 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team.
A Manchester United player from the age of seven, he scored two goals on both his first-team debut against Midtjylland in the UEFA Europa League in February 2016 and his Premier League debut against Arsenal three days later.
He also scored in his first Manchester derby match, his first EFL Cup match and his first UEFA Champions League match. With United, Rashford has so far won the FA Cup, EFL Cup, FA Community Shield and UEFA Europa League.
Ending of Universal Credit an 'unforgivable hammer blow', say Manchester council
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Manchester councillors have accused the government of delivering an ‘unforgivable hammer blow’ to unemployed people and those on low incomes by ending the Universal Credit uplift.
As of today (October 6) the extra £20-a-week in benefit payments paid out to 58,339 households in the city since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic has been stopped.
Politicians, charities and the campaigning Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford had all called for the uplift, described as a ‘lifeline’, to be kept in place. READ MORE:GMB viewers applaud Gary Neville as he rips into government and fellow guest over Universal Credit But at this week’s Conservative
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