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Labor has been criticized over spending on benefits
Benefit households will be handed hundreds of pounds extra under Labor rule changes.
People with more than two younger children are now given an extra £304 a month in Universal Credit for each additional child.
So families on benefits with three, four or more children now see a lot more money coming in every month.
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It comes after Labor decided to lift the two-child benefit cap introduced by the Conservatives.
The decision was taken before Andy Burnham took office, but the Prime Minister spoke of his support for the move.
It is a divisive move and Labor has come under pressure to increase welfare in this way.
But the party says it is crucial to improve the life chances of some of the poorest children.
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It will result in larger families seeing thousands of pounds of extra land in bank accounts every year.
Critics have argued that there is no way to ensure that this extra money is actually spent helping children.
And eyebrows may be raised further after Burnham decided to target the pension triple block to raise cash for a new free national social care system.
The PM has insisted that he will bring down the welfare bill.
The £304 figures relate to children born after 6 April 2017.
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For children born before this date, the amount drops to £48 a month.
Burnham said last year: “I never supported its introduction. It cannot be defended because it is arbitrary.
“Why is the third child just cut out or given less or why all three when you have three children? I am one of those three children.
“My mother received child support for all of us… My parents always told me something that definitely guided me in my life – you can never visit the sins of the parents on the children.”
