The minimum retirement pension (like the rest of the minimum pensions) will continue to grow above the rest of the contributory Social Security pensions. For this 2027, and if we take into account the forecasts of experts such as Funcas, the minimum retirement pension for those over 65 without a dependent spouse would reach 1,018 …
Luis Alfonso and Alberto Iglesias, lawyers, warn about disability and permanent disability: “They are not the same”
Many workers with a chronic illness or the consequences of an accident have a recognized degree of disability and assume that this opens the door to a permanent disability pension. This is not the case, because these are two different recognitions granted by different administrations, as explained by the lawyers specialized in disabilities Luis Alfonso …
Social Security increases the minimum pension for retirees who now have their spouse in charge, more than 320 euros per month in 2026 and more than 400 in 2027 according to the law, whenever they request it.
Pensioners who receive the minimum pension (whether or not supplemented with the complement to minimums) and their family situation changes, becoming a dependent spouse, they can request an update of the amount from Social Security. In 2026, this means that, from not having a spouse to having one dependent, the minimum retirement pension for those …
Sánchez proposes tax reductions for landlords who do not raise rents for tenants
Nobody is escapes what happened with Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman evicted from the rental house where she lived in Retiro (Madrid), has been the trigger for thousands of protests related to the high cost of housing spread throughout Spain, such as the camping in Sol, the general strike of 11N …
Fedea warns that the transition of mutualists to Social Security can cause inequalities in their pensions
The Foundation for Applied Economics Studies (Fedea) has warned that the gateway that will allow alternative mutualists to join the Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers (RETA) presents “problems of equity and uncertainties” about the consequences it could have for workers, Social Security and the mutual societies themselves. This is what …
From this Sunday, November 1, the EU will charge a new rate of 2 euros on packages from Shein, Temu and other platforms that come from outside Europe
New changes in online shopping, especially with regard to platforms outside Europe that sell at low cost to the European continent. From now on they will no longer have it so easy when it comes to offering cheaper products than Spanish companies. And the European Union will begin to apply …