Footballer hits out at MP over child hunger

Footballer Marcus Rashford has criticised a Conservative MP for his comments on child hunger.

Kevin Hollinrake, MP for Thirskand Malton, was praising the government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme when he replied to a comment, saying: “Where they can, it’s a parents’ job to feed their children.”

Mr R ashford explained that the comment could prevent families from asking for help.

“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,” Mr Rashford said.

The Manchester United and England striker has teamed up with leading UK supermarkets including Asda, Iceland, Lidl, Waitrose and Sainsbur y’s to form the Child Food Poverty Task Force.