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.
'I’m a single mum. Summer school holidays mean a bigger food bill'
Food bajnk user Kylie at Weaver's Adventure playground
Food

'I’m a single mum. Summer school holidays mean a bigger food bill'

Count Binface: 'Humans can decide if Farage is more establishment than a lone wolf space warrior'
Count Binface outside UK parliament
Politics

Count Binface: 'Humans can decide if Farage is more establishment than a lone wolf space warrior'

Should parents on benefits get £4,500 if their child starts an apprenticeship?
Prime minister Andy Burnham meets with apprentices and graduates at Alstom Transport
benefits

Should parents on benefits get £4,500 if their child starts an apprenticeship?

A data centre is uniting bugs and bikers to fight Google: 'We demand you replace what you destroy'
The old speedway ground in Thurrock being eyed up by Google carries both sporting and ecological significance
Technology

A data centre is uniting bugs and bikers to fight Google: 'We demand you replace what you destroy'

Patrice Lawrence: ‘My dad was homeless. I never felt seen in the books I read growing up'
Children's Laureate Patrice Lawrence
Books

Patrice Lawrence: ‘My dad was homeless. I never felt seen in the books I read growing up'

Burnham says carers should be 'the best paid people in society'. Here's how much they actually earn
Prime minister Andy Burnham meets a woman in a visit to Jewish Care in Golders Green
social care

Burnham says carers should be 'the best paid people in society'. Here's how much they actually earn

Access to Work cuts lock disabled actor out of her career: 'Will I ever be on stage again?'
Actor Renu Arora has seen her Access to Work payments cut
Social Justice

Access to Work cuts lock disabled actor out of her career: 'Will I ever be on stage again?'

If food prices had risen like rents since 1988, a block of cheese would cost £20
A grocery shop
food

If food prices had risen like rents since 1988, a block of cheese would cost £20

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham's Britain will look like
Andy Burnham with Big Issue vendor Colin
Politics

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham's Britain will look like

Meet the parents struggling to find summer holiday clubs for disabled children: 'They miss out'
Azuriah at an activity with his mum, Natalie
disability

Meet the parents struggling to find summer holiday clubs for disabled children: 'They miss out'

Poverty premium: Why it costs £736 a year more to be poor
A protester with a placard reading:
poverty premium

Poverty premium: Why it costs £736 a year more to be poor

Fancy spending a heatwave in a former office block? That's the reality for thousands of families
Delta Point in Croydon is a former office block turned into housing
heatwave

Fancy spending a heatwave in a former office block? That's the reality for thousands of families