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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.
Meet the Brits going without heating this winter as fuel poverty skyrockets: 'I'm terrified'
Close Up Of Senior Woman In Wheelchair With Energy Bill By Radiator In Cost Of Living Energy Crisis
Fuel poverty

Meet the Brits going without heating this winter as fuel poverty skyrockets: 'I'm terrified'

Woke or anti-woke? Culture wars are poisoning society and politics, eye-opening study finds
Culture wars

Woke or anti-woke? Culture wars are poisoning society and politics, eye-opening study finds

Majority of Brits can't name a single Black British historical figure. Here's how we change that
Black History Month

Majority of Brits can't name a single Black British historical figure. Here's how we change that

Drug dealer explains how he turned his life around after realising he was 'going to end up dead'
Justice system

Drug dealer explains how he turned his life around after realising he was 'going to end up dead'

Inside UK's 'vital' libraries providing 'warm banks' as cost of living bites and households struggle
Image of woman getting warm by a fire
Warm banks

Inside UK's 'vital' libraries providing 'warm banks' as cost of living bites and households struggle

AI may be coming for your job – but there is hope, experts insist: 'We have a choice'
Illustration of a robot teacher
Artificial Intelligence

AI may be coming for your job – but there is hope, experts insist: 'We have a choice'

Flooded Portaloos and outbreaks of scabies: Activists want 'appalling' Manston asylum centre closed
Manston migrant centre
Asylum seekers

Flooded Portaloos and outbreaks of scabies: Activists want 'appalling' Manston asylum centre closed

Cost of living: Single mum who works full-time recalls struggle to pay bills – and how she found help
cost of living
Big Issue Invest

Cost of living: Single mum who works full-time recalls struggle to pay bills – and how she found help

Real Living Wage rises to £12 an hour amid crippling cost of living crisis
Living wage

Real Living Wage rises to £12 an hour amid crippling cost of living crisis

Football fans are fed up of racism, sexism and homophobia. Here's how to kick it out for good
Football

Football fans are fed up of racism, sexism and homophobia. Here's how to kick it out for good

Britain's Tory-sympathising press is 'terrible' for democracy, experts warn
Freedom of the Press

Britain's Tory-sympathising press is 'terrible' for democracy, experts warn

Most Brits bin electrical items if they break. These 'magic' Repair Cafés are trying to change that
Sustainability

Most Brits bin electrical items if they break. These 'magic' Repair Cafés are trying to change that