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Spain announces supermarket payment cards for vulnerable families so they ‘don’t have to go to food banks’

THE Spanish government announced on Tuesday that it is introducing supermarket payment cards for vulnerable families so that they ‘don’t have to wait in line

23 Jan, 2024 @ 14:18

Lead·Politics

Madrid vice-premier, who earns nearly €105,000, is claiming heating benefits for ‘vulnerable consumers’

THE VICE-PREMIER of the Madrid regional government has come in for fierce criticism after it emerged that he has been claiming heating benefits meant for

15 Mar, 2023 @ 20:30

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Vulnerable families in Spain have until March 31 to request government’s €200 benefit cheque

FROM today, vulnerable families in Spain can apply for a one-off €200 cheque introduced by the government in a bid to help them with the

15 Feb, 2023 @ 20:15

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Brit expat claims disability benefits in UK for decade whilst living it up on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH woman has been caught claiming disability benefits in the UK whilst helping to run a property business on the Costa Blanca. Louise Jones,

14 Mar, 2022 @ 15:00

Alicante·Lead

Child Photo by Guillaume De Germain / Unsplash

Who can request the new aid of €100 per child from the Spanish Government?

THE Spanish Government has given the green light to additional funding that the Minister of Social Rights hopes will help tackle child poverty in Spain.

18 Oct, 2021 @ 10:16

Lead·Must Read·National News·Politics

EXPLAINED: What will REALLY happen to the UK benefits of British expats in Spain after Brexit?

What will leaving the EU mean for expats with benefits, or ones planning to apply for them? Benefits specialist Kim Clarke answers your questions WHILE

22 Nov, 2018 @ 20:28

Lead·Politics

EU migrants in Britain to be granted right to stay in case of no-deal Brexit while future for UK expats remains uncertain

It is not known if British nationals living in the EU will be given reciprocal rights

20 Aug, 2018 @ 12:17

Lead·National News

British TV benefits couple claim kids’ unauthorised holiday to Spain was ‘educational’ as they ‘flew over volcanoes’ and ‘learnt a bit of Spanish’

A BRITISH TV benefits couple tried to defend taking their kids out of school for a holiday to Spain but saying it was educational because

20 Mar, 2018 @ 11:56

Crime & Law·Lead

British shop assistant spent over €210,000 on luxury holidays to Spain while still claiming benefits thanks to family-run cocaine business, court hears

A BRITISH shop assistant splashed out £200,000 on luxury holidays with her husband thanks to a family-run cocaine trafficking racket, a court has heard. Colleen

19 Nov, 2017 @ 17:51

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Accessing disability benefits for Brits in Spain post-Brexit

There will doubtless be people who are thinking that their entitlement to these benefits may cease

19 Feb, 2017 @ 14:51

Almeria·Cadiz·Cordoba·Granada·Health·Huelva·Jaen·Malaga·Politics

Benefits for Spanish prostitutes

Spanish prostitutes now have the right to be on the dole

10 Mar, 2015 @ 11:18

Lead·National News

Fraudster claims over £55,000 in benefits despite Spanish property empire

A Devonshire woman stole more than £55,000 in benefit claims by hiding her Spanish property empire

29 Aug, 2014 @ 12:49

Lead·National News

Work inspectors close in on benefit fraudsters

Benefit fraudsters in Malaga more than double national average

27 Aug, 2013 @ 13:50

Crime & Law·Malaga

Benefits bonanza

You can now claim UK sickness/disability benefits in Spain, writes Kim Clark

8 Mar, 2013 @ 13:17

Business & Finance

Lottery winner Lawrence Candlish claims benefits fraudulently e

British lottery winner claimed benefits while living in Spain

Lawrence Candlish spent part of his €7 million haul on a Newcastle United-themed villa

4 Oct, 2012 @ 10:34

Lead·National News

No benefit for Costa holiday cheats

Couple who splashed 160,000 euros of taxpayers money on funding a lavish lifestyle that included holidays in Marbella have been jailed

1 Jun, 2011 @ 17:44

Crime & Law·Malaga

An unfair welfare state in Spain

Expats contribute more to the welfare state in Spain than they get back

22 May, 2011 @ 09:55

National News

It could be him!

In a continuation of our ‘Beat the Cheats’ campaign, James Bryce investigates the thousands of ‘dancing expat’ claimants who are committing benefit fraud in Spain

21 May, 2011 @ 12:16

Crime & Law·Other News