Marcus Rashford has hit out at a Conservative MP for online comments he made on child hunger.
Thirsk and Malton MP Kevin Hollinrake was praising the Government's Eat Out to Help Out restaurant support scheme on Twitter on Sunday when he said: "Where they can, it’s a parents’ job to feed their children.”
Mr Rashford, who successfully campaigned for pupils to receive free school meal vouchers over the summer holidays earlier this year, said that the comment could prevent families from asking for help.
He said: “I would urge you to talk to families before tweeting. To this day I haven’t met one parent who hasn’t wanted or felt the responsibility to feed their children.
“Put to the side that this comment came from an MP. It’s comments like this that prevent people from speaking their truth and asking for help. We need to start uplifting each other.”
Mr Hollinrake has not yet publicly replied to Mr Rashford’s comment.
Last week it emerged that the Manchester United and England striker had teamed up with a number of companies including Deliveroo, Iceland, and Waitrose to form the Child Food Poverty Task Force, which is endorsing three national policy recommendations.
With additional reporting by PA
