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'Just had a great conversation': Marcus Rashford speaks on the phone with Boris Johnson as he calls for 'collaboration' weeks after PM rejected call for free school meals over half-term

Marcus Rashford has revealed that he has spoken to Prime Minister Boris Johnson after leading a campaign against child poverty for months.

The footballer wrote on Twitter that he had spoken with Johnson and called for collaboration, weeks after the Government rejected calls to provide free school meals over half term and during school holidays in the coronavirus crisis.

'Just had a great conversation with the Prime Minister, now is the time for collaboration,' he wrote on Saturday.

Rashford (pictured with his mother) was honoured with an MBE last month for his campaign to end child poverty has said that he has spoken to Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the phone
'Just had a great conversation with the Prime Minister, now is the time for collaboration,' Rashford wrote on Saturday in a tweet

Johnson and The Government have faced mounting pressure from MPs and the public to U-turn on its refusal to free provide school for children during school holidays until Easter 2021.