Burnham calls for two-child benefit cap to be axed in direct challenge to Starmer

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"It can't be defended, because it's arbitrary, he told The Guardian. Why does the third kid just get cut out or get less, or why do all three if you've got three kids? The intervention will be seen as a direct challenge to Sir Keir on the eve of Labour conference, with questions swirling about the beleaguered prime minister's future."

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