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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.
Reform UK wants to put migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas. Is it legal?
Reform UK

Reform UK wants to put migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas. Is it legal?

Wind farms and 35 Glastonburys: How else could you spend BP's £2.4 billion quarterly profit?
the logo of oil company BP
A modest proposal

Wind farms and 35 Glastonburys: How else could you spend BP's £2.4 billion quarterly profit?

'I'm a wheelchair user. I was trapped up to my neck in flood water'
Wheelchair user Kamran Mallick was trapped in a flood
Flooding

'I'm a wheelchair user. I was trapped up to my neck in flood water'

'I cannot see a secure future if Access to Work continues to cap budgets. I could lose my job'
Tomasz Borys requires Access to Work support in his council job.
Access to work

'I cannot see a secure future if Access to Work continues to cap budgets. I could lose my job'

Are 16-year-olds ready to vote? We asked teenagers what they think
Teenage boys on bench
Voting

Are 16-year-olds ready to vote? We asked teenagers what they think

Technology is creating new ways for domestic abusers to track victims: 'I felt suddenly exposed'
an illustration of a phone with mapping software
Technology

Technology is creating new ways for domestic abusers to track victims: 'I felt suddenly exposed'

giffgaff is connecting more homes with affordable broadband – and backing nature restoration too
Wide illustration of a countryside scene with mountains, homes, waterways and a windmill, with workers reviewing plans and Wi-Fi symbols across buildings, representing nationwide broadband connectivity.
Advertorial

giffgaff is connecting more homes with affordable broadband – and backing nature restoration too

Cornwall is reinventing its mining past to take on China. But can lithium deliver a return to glory?
Earth Day

Cornwall is reinventing its mining past to take on China. But can lithium deliver a return to glory?

The truth behind Matt Le Tissier's fight with Grok over 'chemtrails'
Matt le Tissier and a plane leaving condensation trials
Debunked

The truth behind Matt Le Tissier's fight with Grok over 'chemtrails'

Life lessons with Yungblud: 'Social media is gonna fry your head. Have dinner with your mum instead'
Yungblud
Interview

Life lessons with Yungblud: 'Social media is gonna fry your head. Have dinner with your mum instead'

Carer's allowance turns 50: 'I keep the money side of things from her, I don't want her to worry'
carer pushing someone in a wheelchair
Unpaid carers

Carer's allowance turns 50: 'I keep the money side of things from her, I don't want her to worry'

One in three terminally ill people miss out on benefits in the final year of their life
homelessness dying with dignity
benefits

One in three terminally ill people miss out on benefits in the final year of their life