Marcus Rashford says he will fight on after the government confirms it will not provide free school meal vouchers during the summer.
Campaigners have threatened to bringfor not extending the food voucher scheme into the summer holidays.
The Department for Education said:"As schools open more widely, and their kitchens reopen, we expect schools to make food parcels available for collection or delivery for any children that are eligible for free school meals who are not yet able to return to school.
In Wales, the government will provide free school meal vouchers until schools reopen, or at least until the end of August. The United youth-team graduate, who is one of five children, added:"As a black man from a low-income family in Wythenshawe, Manchester, I could have been just another statistic.
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