Marcus Rashford’s petition to force Boris Johnson to make a second U-turn garners 300,000 signatures

Marcus Rashford’s strategy to force Boris Johnson to take a second U-turn on free school meals for Britain’s poorest children was gaining traction Monday night, with movements for a House of Commons vote. on Wednesday.

After a petition from Rashford amassed 300,000 votes to force a debate in parliament, Labor backed the 22-year-old and declared they would trigger a vote on Wednesday unless ministers changed course and supported him.

Children’s Shadow Minister Tulip Siddiq wrote to all Conservative MPs Monday night asking them to support the plan to provide additional support to more than 1.4 million children each school holiday through Easter.

Marcus Rashford’s request for free school meals during the holidays has won 300,000 votes

The support is trying to force Boris Johnson to take a second U-turn after he rejected the statement.

In her letter, Ms Siddiq wrote: “Labor has said that if the Government does not urgently turn 180 degrees, we will force a vote in the House of Commons on Wednesday. This means that you and your colleagues will have to take a clear position on this issue. “

Sportsmail understands that Rashford has already received indications that he will win the support of all the banks in the Commons, should his campaign go to a vote.

The Manchester United striker has been very vocal on the issue since he began campaigning to extend the free school meal plan.

Within hours of Rashford launching the petition to overturn the prime minister’s position, a spokesman for No. 10 said that “schools should not provide food to students regularly during school holidays.”

Rashford has received indications that he will gain cross-support in the Commons.

But the 22-year-old forward immediately responded via Twitter: ‘Merry Christmas kids … this isn’t going away anytime soon and neither will I.

Rashford received an MBE for his services to poor children and Conservative MPs were said to have been confused by Boris Johnson’s swift refusal of Rashford’s proposal to offer free school meals during the upcoming school semester and the Christmas holidays.

Sportsmail understands that Rashford sees the petition as a platform to demonstrate public support to end child food poverty. Among those who backed him were former Labor Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah.

Brown said: ‘Marcus Rashford deserves our full support. We look forward to seeing an immediate response from the Government before the fall break to support low-income families as we approach one of the harshest winters ever. ‘