Marcus Rashford versus Boris Johnson's Government in child food poverty battle

mirror.co.uk:

England star Marcus Rashford warns of the grim reality of the country in 2020 as he kicks off a campaign to tackle the Government on the child food poverty crisis.

The Manchester United striker made it 1-0 against Prime Minister Boris Johnson when he forced a humiliating U-turn on free school meal vouchers over the summer.

And the 22-year-old, who knew the blight of hunger as a child, is now spearheading a task force to highlight the “devastating effects on the stability of our country” if food poverty goes unchallenged.

In a moving letter to MPs, he says: “I spoke to a mother recently who, along with her two young sons, is living off three slices of bread a day – soaking them in water and adding sugar, hoping the porridge consistency