Andy Burnham calls two-child benefit limit the ‘worst of Westminster’

Andy Burnham said the two-child limit had been introduced by politicians who ‘don’t deal in the real world’. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Andy Burnham has thrown further weight behind calls to scrap the two-child benefit limit, calling it an abhorrent policy that represents the “worst of Westminster”.

The two-child limit, which was introduced by the Conservative government in 2017, only allows families to claim universal credit and tax credits for up to two children.