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Lottie Elton
Lottie Elton is a senior reporter at the Big Issue. She previously worked at Euronews, and as a health and state politics reporter at The West Australian Newspaper. In this role, she won “Best New Journalist - Runner Up” at the 2021 WA State Media Awards. She is a 2026 John Schofield Fellow.
Are asylum seekers 'living it up' in luxury hotels like Rylan says? Here's the reality
Asylum seekers

Are asylum seekers 'living it up' in luxury hotels like Rylan says? Here's the reality

Disabled families use foil blankets to keep warm as energy bills keep surging: 'We have to keep going'
energy bills
fuel poverty

Disabled families use foil blankets to keep warm as energy bills keep surging: 'We have to keep going'

Could the UK government end use of asylum hotels by 2026?
Asylum hotels

Could the UK government end use of asylum hotels by 2026?

Nigel Farage's mass deportation plan would make life worse for every single Brit
Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage's mass deportation plan would make life worse for every single Brit

What the Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling means for Britain
Asylum hotels

What the Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling means for Britain

West Bank Palestinian farmers fight for survival amid settler violence and economic collapse
Palestine

West Bank Palestinian farmers fight for survival amid settler violence and economic collapse

Homeless people risk losing benefits if they don't move to universal credit, DWP warns
dwp
Universal credit

Homeless people risk losing benefits if they don't move to universal credit, DWP warns

Anti-migrant protesters 'hijacking' women's safety to push 'racist' agenda, women's groups warn
anti-immigration protesters behind a fence
Asylum protests

Anti-migrant protesters 'hijacking' women's safety to push 'racist' agenda, women's groups warn

'Getting benefits eased pressure on my family': £9.6bn of universal credit went unclaimed in the last 12 months
universal credit
Benefits

'Getting benefits eased pressure on my family': £9.6bn of universal credit went unclaimed in the last 12 months

'It will be a crisis': Adult social care pushed to the brink by government's overseas care worker ban
social care
Social care

'It will be a crisis': Adult social care pushed to the brink by government's overseas care worker ban

'It's sad we have come to this': Inside the schools turning into food banks to stave off holiday hunger
Social Justice

'It's sad we have come to this': Inside the schools turning into food banks to stave off holiday hunger

DWP penalises universal credit claimant despite getting new job: 'Congratulations – you're sanctioned'
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Universal credit

DWP penalises universal credit claimant despite getting new job: 'Congratulations – you're sanctioned'