'So what do you think? Is it arise Sir Marcus?' Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden refuses to speculate if footballer Marcus Rashford should get a knighthood after he successfully campaigned for free school meals to be extended in England
"I don't want this to be the end of it because there are more steps that need to be taken and we just need to analyse the response," he said in an exclusive interview.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the BBC it was"totally reasonable" for the government to listen to arguments and change its mind, as it had done in this case. First Minister Arlene Foster has said she will propose an equivalent scheme in Northern Ireland be extended over the summer"if the necessary finances can be secured".
Every summer, charities produce reports detailing parents going without meals so their children can eat.When the young footballer says there is more to do, he'll draw fist-pumping and applause from those working on the front line. A"wave of unease amongst Conservative MPs over the handling of this latest U-turn" is likely to be aired later, when the prime minister meets the executive of the backbench 1922 committee for the first time since the general election in December, says BBC Newsnight's political editor Nicholas Watt.
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