Families should get vouchers for Free School Meals over the summer after a campaign headed by the Manchester United and england footballer Marcus Rashford. Lets speak to our political correspondent, helen catt, whos in westminster. There is a certain inevitability about this. There is, it seemed as soon as Marcus Rashford the england footballer got involved in this it took the air of a u turn in rating. He isa took the air of a u turn in rating. He is a popular well liked figure with a very emotional story detail and a personal reason for backing this. Up until than the government had been holding firm on a sign that it wasnt going to be giving Free School Meal vouchers over the Summer Holiday which it doesnt normally do. It said it was going to be giving money in other ways like £63 million for councils to help those in need. And it was sticking to that line. That involvement from Marcus Rashford did it seem to change that and then the question became among a lot of conservative mps
Earlier. This is R T International im sean thomas glad to have you with us as we recap the weeks top stories this week russia was barred from all major supporting sporting events for the next 4 years the World Antidoping Agency says the country is being punished for tampering with a key database of athletes test results. This is about against russia the protect the rights of russian seats. The reentry for major events. To demonstrate that they are not implicated in any way by the non compliance what is important thing todays decision. That we are really sanctioning those who are responsible for this many politicians and leave those open for those who had nothing to do with we dipping scandal in russia clean. Plates being able to experts have provided convincing on says unfortunately they havent heard us responder has time to appeal initially when we handed over the database we said lets investigate the database together so that we can make a full decision we wanted to have a kind of me
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And get it done. In order to avoid trying to get an extension he has been too eager by far to get a deal at any tom symonds, bbc cost. Mps will hold a rare saturday news. Sitting here to vote we are going to turn our attention on the deal this morning were at the heart of the debate to brexit in westminster this at the beginning of a crucial two morning. The prime days in british politics. Minister says more than 700 people hes very confident his brexit deal are arrested across the uk in a week long operation to tackle will be approved when it goes to a so called county lines drugs gangs. Vote in the commons tomorrow. Sainsburys bans fireworks. That is something labour leader the supermarket Jeremy Corbyn strongly disagrees with. Becomes the first major retailer he says this deal is worse to stop selling them ahead of bonfire night. Than the one presented by previous ill be finding out whats pm, theresa may. Behind the decision. Lets discuss this with the shadow chancellor, the premier
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