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.
Youth job grants: Will paying companies £3,000 to hire jobless youngsters fix youth unemployment?
a young person sat on a bench
Youth unemployment

Youth job grants: Will paying companies £3,000 to hire jobless youngsters fix youth unemployment?

Are universities really churning out 700,000 jobless graduates on benefits?
university graduates at graduation
graduates

Are universities really churning out 700,000 jobless graduates on benefits?

Pensioners in poverty skip baths as water bills rise: 'I hate living this way'
elderly woman washing food in tap water
Water

Pensioners in poverty skip baths as water bills rise: 'I hate living this way'

David Bradley: 'It was great to be in Game of Thrones. People from all over the world hate me!'
Interview

David Bradley: 'It was great to be in Game of Thrones. People from all over the world hate me!'

Disabled journalist fears ‘secret cuts’ to Access to Work could force her out of employment
Access to Work

Disabled journalist fears ‘secret cuts’ to Access to Work could force her out of employment

Reform UK says churches are being turned into mosques. Is it true?
An empty church
Reform UK

Reform UK says churches are being turned into mosques. Is it true?

Inside London's longest-running squat: 'It was a really extraordinary community'
Photography

Inside London's longest-running squat: 'It was a really extraordinary community'

Energy bills will fall in April. But will it be enough for people living in fuel poverty?
hob
Energy bills

Energy bills will fall in April. But will it be enough for people living in fuel poverty?

Should MPs be moved out of parliament while it is restored?
Politics

Should MPs be moved out of parliament while it is restored?

The Brexit campaign kicked off a decade ago. Here's how 10 promises made to voters hold up today
Vote Leave bus on Brexit campaign
Brexit

The Brexit campaign kicked off a decade ago. Here's how 10 promises made to voters hold up today

UK floods have devastated lives in 2026. Victims warn flooding is a threat to millions of Brits
Flooding

UK floods have devastated lives in 2026. Victims warn flooding is a threat to millions of Brits

Youth unemployment at its highest point for a decade: 'It's like running into a brick wall'
Unemployed University of Leeds graduate Charlie.
Social Justice

Youth unemployment at its highest point for a decade: 'It's like running into a brick wall'