Johnson makes U-turn on free school meals after Rashford campaign
by Rajeev Syal, Heather Stewart and Helen Pidd from on (#54NRH)
Covid summer food fund' announced after pressure from footballer and campaigners
Boris Johnson has been forced into a humbling U-turn over providing food vouchers for some of England's poorest families after a campaign launched by the footballer Marcus Rashford threatened to engulf his government in another crisis.
In an embarrassing about-face, the prime minister said that on Tuesday he had called the England and Manchester United striker to explain the reversal, and made the remarkable claim that he had only become aware of Rashford's interest in the issue earlier in the day.
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