{
  "id": 15858646,
  "title": "State pension top-up cash vanishes into government coffers for over a year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/state-pension-top-up-cash-vanishes-into-government-coffers-for-over-a",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-21T06:00:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/pensions/article-16222891/State-pension-cash-government-coffers.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Couple were sent back and forth between HMRC and the Department for Work and Pensions staff during a series of phone calls, and got nowhere tracking the money.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}