Wes Streeting praises archbishop over call for Labour to scrap two-child benefit cap

Shadow minister says it is Justin Welby’s job to speak out but Labour could not commit to scrapping policy

Wes Streeting has praised the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, for calling on Labour to scrap the two-child benefit cap, saying it was “literally his job” to speak out on such matters.

Streeting, the shadow health secretary, said he did not like the cap, which campaigners say has pushed hundreds of thousands of families into poverty, but that the party could not commit to ending it until it knew how this would be financed.