Hannah Westwater
Hannah started writing for The Big Issue in 2018 before joining the team as staff reporter a year later.
Universal credit cut shows ‘the poorest are penalised every time’
universal credit
Social Justice

Universal credit cut shows ‘the poorest are penalised every time’

Universal credit cut could leave young workers with just £51 a month
Nearly 40 per cent of young people facing the universal credit cut are already in work.
Social Justice

Universal credit cut could leave young workers with just £51 a month

Two thirds of UK young people feel betrayed by government on climate crisis
School pupils hold signs on London streets to protest the climate crisis
Environment

Two thirds of UK young people feel betrayed by government on climate crisis

More than 70 MPs back motion to stop ministers lying in parliament
Boris Johnson is accused of lying in parliament
Politics

More than 70 MPs back motion to stop ministers lying in parliament

Universal credit cut will leave ‘long-term scars’ on health of poorest people
A woman's hand holding a mug, about to take a pill. Universal credit cut
Social Justice

Universal credit cut will leave ‘long-term scars’ on health of poorest people

Priti Patel’s migrant boat plans are ‘cruel and destined to fail’
Social Justice

Priti Patel’s migrant boat plans are ‘cruel and destined to fail’

1 in 8 people won’t be able to afford food when universal credit is cut
Social Justice

1 in 8 people won’t be able to afford food when universal credit is cut

Voter ID bill slammed as ‘a paywall to the ballot box’
Politics

Voter ID bill slammed as ‘a paywall to the ballot box’

National insurance rise: What Boris Johnson's social care plans mean for you
News

National insurance rise: What Boris Johnson's social care plans mean for you

Voter ID bill to be debated as report warns it could breach human rights
News

Voter ID bill to be debated as report warns it could breach human rights

Afghan refugees given 'warm welcome' could have to live off £39 a week
News

Afghan refugees given 'warm welcome' could have to live off £39 a week

Ending free prescriptions for over-60s 'would widen health inequalities'
Social Justice

Ending free prescriptions for over-60s 'would widen health inequalities'