Rashford steps up campaign over free meals for children

FILE PHOTO: Premier League - Burnley v Manchester United - Turf Moor, Burnley, Britain - December 28, 2019 Manchester United's Marcus Rashford celebrates scoring their second goal against Burnley. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United and England forward Marcus Rashford has stepped up his campaign for the government to fund free meals for struggling children through the summer, support he himself had to rely on as a boy.

The 22-year-old striker has helped to raise around 20 million pounds ($25 million) with charity FareShare UK to supply meals to those families who are "existing on a knife's edge". He wants the government's food voucher scheme to continue when the schools are shut in the summer.