{
  "id": 12094524,
  "title": "My state pension will be reduced because I didn't claim child benefit, can I still fix this?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/my-state-pension-will-be-reduced-because-i-didnt-claim-child-benefit",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-05T06:01:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/pensions/article-16175011/State-pension-reduced-child-benefit.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "I did not claim child benefit initially for my three children when I returned to the UK, believing it to be means tested. Can I do anything about it now?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}