{
  "id": 16918757,
  "title": "Germany makes U-turn on planned cut to Elterngeld support",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/germany-makes-u-turn-on-planned-cut-to-elterngeld-support-16918757",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T15:05:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Local Germany",
    "slug": "the-local-germany",
    "url": "https://www.thelocal.de/20261028/germany-makes-u-turn-on-planned-cut-to-elterngeld-support"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The German government is not going ahead with plans to cut parental allowance from 14 to 12 months, and rates are set to increase. Here's what we know about the latest draft of the reform.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}