Woman's pension goes up by £1,600 after uncovering 'hidden trap' in Child Benefit system The same issue could mean hundreds of thousands of people are getting less money than they should Ed and his wife didn't realise that child benefit had such a big impact on pensions (Image: Supplied) Never miss another story from Coventry and Warwickshire by subscribing to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice