Marcus Rashford has launched an online petition urging the Government to make three commitments to support vulnerable children as part of the #endchildfoodpoverty campaign.
The Manchester United and England forward who was awarded an MBE at the weekend said the Government needs to go a lot further than it already does to stop children going hungry.
Rashford said: ‘Food poverty is never the child’s fault. Let’s protect our young. Let’s wrap arms around each other and stand together to say that this is unacceptable. Millions of children are finding themselves in the most vulnerable of environments and are beginning to question what it really means to be British.
‘I’m calling on you all to help me prove to them that being British is something to be proud of.’
Rashford’s petition coincides with data released by the Food Foundation which reveals 18 per cent of eight to 17-year-olds — 1.4million children — experienced ‘food insecurity’ over the summer holidays.
