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Lottie Elton
Lottie Elton is a staff 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.
'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'

Taxing bank profits and gambling firms could raise billions. Here's how it could help fix Britain
A Modest Proposal

Taxing bank profits and gambling firms could raise billions. Here's how it could help fix Britain

A false claim about homeless veterans and asylum seekers sparked outrage. Here's the reality
homeless veterans to get support at Spring Statement
Asylum protests

A false claim about homeless veterans and asylum seekers sparked outrage. Here's the reality

Asylum hotel protests are spreading. Who's really behind them?
Asylum hotels

Asylum hotel protests are spreading. Who's really behind them?

One year on from the riots, what can Kent tell us about the state of the UK?
Politics

One year on from the riots, what can Kent tell us about the state of the UK?

How residents in Chatham are pulling their decaying high street out of a crisis
Community

How residents in Chatham are pulling their decaying high street out of a crisis

How Britain's high street decline is fuelling Reform UK's rise: 'There's a sense that politics has failed'
Big Issue vendors worry what the future of the high street means for them as they return this week. Image credit: Adrian S Pye / Geograph
Reform UK

How Britain's high street decline is fuelling Reform UK's rise: 'There's a sense that politics has failed'

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