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Lottie Elton
Lottie Elton is a senior reporter at The Big Issue, covering social justice, the environment and politics. Previously a reporter at Euronews and The West Australian, she was named a winner of the 2026 PPA Next Gen Awards (formerly 30 Under 30) and won Best Independent Media Article at the 2026 Scottish Refugee Council Media Awards. She is a John Schofield Fellow.
Closure of pubs and parks created a 'tinderbox' for far-right riots, research says: 'Hate can fill the void'
Youngster throws missile at far-right riot In Rotherham
UK riots

Closure of pubs and parks created a 'tinderbox' for far-right riots, research says: 'Hate can fill the void'

This project offers homeless people a home for life: 'We want to end homelessness one person at a time'
Homelessness

This project offers homeless people a home for life: 'We want to end homelessness one person at a time'

Football has a racism problem. But England wouldn't be in the Euro final without women of colour
Football

Football has a racism problem. But England wouldn't be in the Euro final without women of colour

Sky-high bills and sewage at its worst in over a century: What is the future of British water?
Protesters carry placards during a Thames Water bailout protest at the High Court in London
Water

Sky-high bills and sewage at its worst in over a century: What is the future of British water?

Disabled people warn of brutal 'secret' cuts to DWP Access to Work support: 'It's been horrific'
Access to work

Disabled people warn of brutal 'secret' cuts to DWP Access to Work support: 'It's been horrific'

Teachers fear more than half a million children will go hungry this summer: 'It just can't go on'
Holiday Hunger Alamy
Food poverty

Teachers fear more than half a million children will go hungry this summer: 'It just can't go on'

Giving 16-year-olds the vote: Will it beat far-right populism or does it play right into Farage's hands?
It's our future too banner
Electoral reform

Giving 16-year-olds the vote: Will it beat far-right populism or does it play right into Farage's hands?

DWP taking cash back from benefit claimants it overpaid is 'just like carer's allowance scandal'
Benefits

DWP taking cash back from benefit claimants it overpaid is 'just like carer's allowance scandal'

Labour's new Family Hubs are the 'successor' to Sure Start. As child poverty rises, will they work?
Sure Start

Labour's new Family Hubs are the 'successor' to Sure Start. As child poverty rises, will they work?

Brits overwhelmingly back a wealth tax on the ultra-rich. Would it work in the UK?
Economics
Wealth Tax

Brits overwhelmingly back a wealth tax on the ultra-rich. Would it work in the UK?

I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty
Debt

I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty

Meet the furious Gen Z protesters who want the super-rich to pay their fair share: 'We have a voice'
Protest

Meet the furious Gen Z protesters who want the super-rich to pay their fair share: 'We have a voice'