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You can receive up to 1,450€ in Social Security if you fulfil these requirements

Many people in Alicante are finding it harder and harder to make ends meet as a result of growing rents, inflation, and everyday expenses that take up our pay cheques without our knowledge.
In order to ease the impacts of the economic crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Spanish government implemented the so-called Minimum Vital Income (IMV) in June 2020 as a structural solution and extra assistance.
Due to strong demand from families in need and its significance as a supplemental source of income for survival, this aid has been provided ever since.
According to the most recent data released by the National Social Security Institute, 94,398 people in Alicante received benefits last January.
The benefit, which benefits 31,100 people in Alicante, averages 562.95 euros per month per household, with 60% of those households having minor children.
IMV: What is it?
Since the Minimum Vital Income is a non-contributory benefit, receiving it does not require having made any prior contributions. The amount varies depending on the number of family members and their conditions, and it is awarded based on the assets and income of the individual or cohabitation unit.
However, there are some restrictions on how it can be combined with other sources of income and work. Applying for it requires going via Social Security, either in person or online.
However, who is eligible for the Minimum Vital Income?
Conditions
Both general criteria and particular prerequisites must be met in order to apply for the IMV, according to the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security, and Migration.
Possessing a valid residence in Spain for a minimum of one year before submitting an application is one of the primary prerequisites. Nonetheless, victims of sexual exploitation and gender-based violence are exempt.
Additionally, candidates need to fulfil the following requirements:
• Be in the age range of 23 to 65.
• Have assets and income below the specified thresholds (which are available on the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security, and Migration’s website).
• Show that you are independent in your home.
• Have a job seeker’s registration.
• Not serving as a director of a business.
Both individuals and cohabitation units are eligible to receive the Minimum Vital Income. A couple who live together is referred to as a cohabitation unit, which grants access to a certain percentage of the benefit.
The government has announced a 9% rise in the IMV payments for 2025, bringing the monthly individual Guaranteed Basic Income to 658.81 euros. This change would result in the following aid amounts for the next year:
• The monthly guaranteed basic income for each individual beneficiary is 658.81 euros.
• Monthly cost for two individuals (two adults or one adult and one minor): 856.46 euros.
• The monthly cost for three individuals (two adults and one minor, three adults and two minors, or one adult and two minors) is 1,054.10 euros.
• Monthly cost: 1,251.75 euros for four persons (one adult and three minors, two adults and two minors, three adults and one minor, or four adults). • Monthly cost: € 1,449.39 for five or more people (four adults and one minor, three adults and two or more youngsters, two adults and three or more minors, or one adult and four or more minors).
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Hospitality and recreation establishments in Elche receive 36 infringement reports from local police

The Elche Local Police conducted an operation that involved inspecting thirteen hospitality and leisure outlets in various neighbourhoods, resulting in one arrest and 36 violations. The data was made public on Friday, 28th March, mainly as a reminder of the work that is being done. Councilman Juan de Dios Navarro gave the police top for their efforts.
According to local police inspector José Antonio Corrales, the majority of the infractions included drug usage and possession, including four for cocaine possession and seven for hashish, as well as improper company documentation. Additionally, there were two reports for disturbing the peace or disrespecting law enforcement, four for not following the minimum hygienic standards for food storage, one serious infraction for conducting the activity after hours and behind closed doors, and seven for irregularities found on the property, including improper documentation.
Additionally, officers found six infractions for permitting smoking in unapproved indoor locations, three for type “B” slot machine identification guide deficiencies, and one major infraction for emergency escape and door flaws. Additionally, a report was made about the selling of illegal tobacco at a pub, where 20 packets were confiscated and one individual was detained on court order and imprisoned.
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Visitor to Catral cemetery locked inside

As nightfall approached on one of these soggy spring days in March, a young man decided it would be a good idea to visit a cousin or acquaintance’s grave and take a walk through the cemetery. Because the cemetery still closes its (automatic) gates at six o’clock at this time of year, but without the winter gloom that may discourage anyone from going.
However, the door was locked when he attempted to exit. The visitor didn’t seem to want to spend any more time among the cemeteries, despite the cemetery’s reputation as a particularly tranquil spot. Unaware of the placard bearing the mobile phone number for anyone needing help, he dashed out the gate. It was all on camera.
Joaquín Lucas, the mayor of Catral, maintains that this occurrence is unrelated to the privatisation of the cemetery works and feels that management by an outside company is an efficient approach to provide this service in a municipal office. He went on to say that the young man who who was locked in is from the nearby municipality of Dolores rather than Catral.
The local police took to social media and atacked the man’s “reckless” behaviour. He has been named in connection with “criminal proceedings for a crime against another’s property.” Nonetheless, the business will be liable for any damages brought on by the damaged door anchors.
In addition to clarifying that the business employs two workers—a gravedigger and a labourer who maintains the communal areas and restrooms—the Councillor for Services, Daniel Escudero, reaffirmed that the automatic door is an option offered by the company itself.
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Five arrested in Alicante and Murcia for shoplifting

Five individuals involved in grocery theft have been taken into custody by the Guardia Civil. In the regions of Alicante and Murcia, the thieves were stealing in a number of locations for a well-known supermarket company. The things that were stolen are worth over 8,000 euros in total.
The investigation started after the retail chain representative filed a complaint. The pattern was consistent across all cases: three or four people went into the store, and one of them loaded up a cart with expensive things like canned goods, extra virgin olive oil, sausages, or alcoholic drinks. The last one hurried out of the grocery without paying, and another diverted the attention of the staff.
It was discovered that the same people were responsible for the crimes in multiple towns in Alicante and Murcia after examining the security footage from the impacted businesses. Since the suspects did not live in the residences where they were registered and lacked a stable address, it was very difficult to find them.
Shortly after committing another theft at a store in a suburban neighbourhood of Rojales (Alicante), officers caught two of the suspects off guard and took them into custody. Many of the stolen goods were found at that time and brought back to the impacted business.
The other three were later taken into custody in the cities of Almoradí (Alicante) and Guardamar del Segura. The majority of the pilfered items were sold on. Additionally, the two cars that were utilised in the crimes were taken.
Eleven thefts have been resolved as a consequence of the investigation conducted by the Novelda Civil Guard’s investigation section. The cities of Novelda, Torrevieja, Almoradí, Catral, and Rojales in Alicante as well as the municipalities of San Javier, Jumilla, San Pedro del Pinatar, Cartagena, Archena, and Caravaca de la Cruz in Murcia were the sites of these crimes.
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