The footballer hit out after Tory Matt Hancock tried to suggest the PM had replied to his personal letter – saying they spoke in a phone call way back in June

The campaigning footballer slapped down the Health Secretary for trying to suggest the PM had replied to his plea to extend vouchers for poor families during the holidays.

The Prime Minister was said yesterday to have snubbed a personal message from the England star, who asked Mr Johnson to join his taskforce to end child food poverty.

Rashford sent a private letter to Downing Street in September, saying free school meal vouchers were a short term solution, and appealed to the PM for “teamwork” to fix the issue.

Asked if the PM had replied to the letter, Mr Hancock today told BBC Breakfast: “There has been communication between the two, as far as I understand it.”

But Rashford tweeted: “Hmm, unless he’s referring to the call we had following the u-turn in June?…”

Boris Johnson said “I think what he’s doing is terrific” but later admitted: “I haven’t spoken to Marcus since June.”