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Sir Alex Ferguson praises Marcus Rashford for tackling child food poverty as former Manchester United boss teams up with forward and pledges £2m to the cause

Sir Alex Ferguson has praised the efforts of Marcus Rashford, as he teamed up with the Manchester United forward to tackle child food poverty.

Rashford was awarded an MBE for his campaigning — which also saw the Government twice make a U-turn on providing free school meals during holidays.

Now Rashford has said former United boss Ferguson is set to pledge up to £2million towards the FareShare charity for which the 23-year-old is an ambassador.

Sir Alex Ferguson has praised the efforts of Marcus Rashford foru00a0tackling child food poverty

Sir Alex Ferguson has praised the efforts of Marcus Rashford for tackling child food poverty

'You have to be shocked at the number of people in need of food,' Ferguson, 78, told The Times.