Caritas, the Catholic Church’s organisation for helping the needy, assisted 1,327,298 people in Spain last year, 50% of whom (around 670,000) were in employment, i.e. they were working poor. Moreover, one out of every three people assisted was in an irregular administrative situation, according to the Caritas Confederal Report. The document details that, during 2023, Caritas invested a “record amount” of €486.5 million, which is €29.3 million (6.4% more) than…

In barely half a year, with the sharp rise in prices and the loss of purchasing power, Spaniards who consider themselves to be “low class” or “poor” have increased by around 50%, from 8.4% of the total in April to 12.5% in November, according to the monthly surveys carried out by the Sociological Research Centre (CIS). In November this year, 47.9% of Spaniards aged 18 and over considered themselves to…