Marcus Rashford has helped end stigma for "school meal kids" - former Education Secretary | LBC
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as posted by the channelMarcus Rashford has lifted the morale of children and adults across the UK that have felt sensitive for having to use free school meals and was praised by this former Education Secretary.
Alan Johnson was Education Secretary for Labour and he shared his memories of growing up in a family having to avail of free school meals.
"The difficulty for my mother was always the summer holidays and how she would feed us" Mr Johnson told Shelagh Fogarty. He applauded the work of the Manchester United footballer for making this a debate and ultimately forcing Boris Johnson to make a U-turn on his policy.
Shelagh argued that "what Marcus Rashford has done as much as anyone else is to tell anyone who feels ashamed that great footballers have been through what they're going through"
Mr Johnson shared is own feelings of embarrassment as a child using the system, revealing that "every week I had to go through the stigma" and added that "kids are sensitive to these things because you're different."
"For Marcus Rashford to say that, you know, would have lifted the morale of lots of kids; what, 15% of children get free school meals so, it is not an insignificant number."
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