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Lottie Elton
Lottie Elton is an award-winning journalist and senior reporter at Big Issue, where she covers social justice, the environment and politics. Her reporting at Big Issue has included investigating river pollution and sewage dumping, covering the fight over lithium mining in Cornwall, and exposing how technology is exploiting people experiencing homelessness. She previously worked as a health and state politics reporter at The West Australian and as a video journalist at Euronews. Her work has also appeared in Noema Magazine, In These Times and Business Insider. Lottie is a 2026 PPA Next Gen Awards winner, a John Schofield Trust Fellow and a Scottish Refugee Council Media Awards winner.
Meet Wispy, the AI assistant helping people with dementia live independently
Carole Greig tries the CrossSense glasses, which uses audio and text to help wearers with dementia
Technology

Meet Wispy, the AI assistant helping people with dementia live independently

Formula E and giffgaff give Big Issue Recruit candidates a taste of the workplace: ‘It was amazing’
Formula E cars at the London E-prix
Advertorial

Formula E and giffgaff give Big Issue Recruit candidates a taste of the workplace: ‘It was amazing’

Our dementia research is bringing new hope for a cure – and already changing lives
Larry Woelk, who has mild cognitive impairment, and wife Rita
Advertorial

Our dementia research is bringing new hope for a cure – and already changing lives

NEET numbers fall but young people still face jobs crisis: 'This is not a turning point'
people walking
NEETs

NEET numbers fall but young people still face jobs crisis: 'This is not a turning point'

'Disabled people are having to work 10 times harder to live their life and pursue their dreams'
Bella Roberts
Employment

'Disabled people are having to work 10 times harder to live their life and pursue their dreams'

Energy bills to rise to highest level in three years leaving households facing 'brutal winter'
a person turning a thermostat on a radiator
Energy Bills

Energy bills to rise to highest level in three years leaving households facing 'brutal winter'

Reform wants to slash £50 billion from welfare spending. Here's what it could mean for benefits
Reform UK

Reform wants to slash £50 billion from welfare spending. Here's what it could mean for benefits

Right-wing parties keep promising to ban foreigners from social housing. Here's why it won't work
A housing estate in England
Housing crisis

Right-wing parties keep promising to ban foreigners from social housing. Here's why it won't work

Formula E and giffgaff partner to create new opportunities for Big Issue Recruit candidates
Partnership

Formula E and giffgaff partner to create new opportunities for Big Issue Recruit candidates

'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?