Footballer urges ministers to tackle ‘child hunger pandemic’ and warns cut will force many into poverty
Marcus Rashford has urged the government to abandon its plan to cut the universal credit uplift within days and demanded ministers tackle what he called a “child hunger pandemic”.
The England and Manchester United footballer, who last year forced Boris Johnson into a U-turn on free school meals, urged voters to write to their MPs before the £20 boost is scrapped on 6 October.
