Marcus Rashford’s campaign to extend free school meals programme, initially rejected by Boris Johnson, has struck a chord with the wider public
Who is Marcus Rashford? A young man renowned for hitting the target on and off the pitch. The Manchester United and England striker has a social conscience as vast as his footballing talent and has rarely put a foot wrong since bursting on to the scene as an unheralded 18-year-old in 2016.
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