Man U’s Rashford keeps pressure on government to feed kids

Soccer star Marcus Rashford’s campaign to feed poor students has sparked a partisan political battle that makes scoring goals for Manchester United seem trivial by comparison. The 22-year-old England international successfully lobbied British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government in June to extend free school meals through the summer. But one of Britain’s few feel-good stories of the coronavirus pandemic has turned sour. Rashford’s bid to score again through a Labour