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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.
Giving 16-year-olds the vote: Will it beat far-right populism or does it play right into Farage's hands?
It's our future too banner
Electoral reform

Giving 16-year-olds the vote: Will it beat far-right populism or does it play right into Farage's hands?

DWP taking cash back from benefit claimants it overpaid is 'just like carer's allowance scandal'
Benefits

DWP taking cash back from benefit claimants it overpaid is 'just like carer's allowance scandal'

Labour's new Family Hubs are the 'successor' to Sure Start. As child poverty rises, will they work?
Sure Start

Labour's new Family Hubs are the 'successor' to Sure Start. As child poverty rises, will they work?

Brits overwhelmingly back a wealth tax on the ultra-rich. Would it work in the UK?
Economics
Wealth Tax

Brits overwhelmingly back a wealth tax on the ultra-rich. Would it work in the UK?

I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty
Debt

I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty

Meet the furious Gen Z protesters who want the super-rich to pay their fair share: 'We have a voice'
Protest

Meet the furious Gen Z protesters who want the super-rich to pay their fair share: 'We have a voice'

Lana Del Rey's stadium show is strange, beguiling and brilliant
Music

Lana Del Rey's stadium show is strange, beguiling and brilliant

The simple reason Nigel Farage has seemingly had a change of heart on benefits
Nigel Farage
Two-child benefit cap

The simple reason Nigel Farage has seemingly had a change of heart on benefits

Will fixing the NHS be enough to save Starmer's government? Maybe. But only on one condition
NHS

Will fixing the NHS be enough to save Starmer's government? Maybe. But only on one condition

The NHS is facing an existential crisis. Can Labour's 10-year plan really save it?
a mural of a man pulling back a shirt to reveal a
NHS

The NHS is facing an existential crisis. Can Labour's 10-year plan really save it?

Is a four-day working week inevitable? Latest UK pilot sees 100% success rate
Four-day working week

Is a four-day working week inevitable? Latest UK pilot sees 100% success rate

How did Keir Starmer end up in such a mess over benefit cuts?
Disability benefits

How did Keir Starmer end up in such a mess over benefit cuts?