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is spearheading a task force on the issue of child food poverty and is warning of ‘devastating’ effects on the stability of the country if action is not taken quickly.and England striker was successful in campaigning for free school meal vouchers to be provided to pupils over the summer period.
Rashford, 22, has now teamed up with the food industry to shed light on the issue of child food poverty in the UK.Along with Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Deliveroo, FareShare, Food Foundation, Iceland, Kellogg’s, Lidl, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose, he has formed the ‘Child Food Poverty Task Force’. Over the next six weeks, the task force members will dedicate their platforms to sharing stories of those most affected by child food insecurity in the UK.In a letter to MPs, Rashford said the objective is to ‘see sufficient funds from the Chancellor’s Budget and Spending Review allocated to implementing these without delay’.Universal CreditThe second one is the expansion of holiday provision to support all children on free school meals, reaching an additional 1.1million children.
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