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Hannah Westwater
Hannah started writing for The Big Issue in 2018 before joining the team as staff reporter a year later.
Policing bill will force people deeper into homelessness, experts warn
News

Policing bill will force people deeper into homelessness, experts warn

Right to repair: What the new law means for you and your family
Environment

Right to repair: What the new law means for you and your family

PM warned against misleading parliament over UK poverty record
Boris Johnson told parliament there were fewer children in poverty now compared to a decade ago.
Social Justice

PM warned against misleading parliament over UK poverty record

Boris Johnson warned against misleading parliament over UK poverty record
Politics

Boris Johnson warned against misleading parliament over UK poverty record

Settled status deadline risks ‘Windrush-type tragedy’
More than five million people have now had their settled status applications approved, the government said. settled status deadline
Politics

Settled status deadline risks ‘Windrush-type tragedy’

‘It’s not safe’: Inside the dedicated mum and baby units for asylum seekers
The women were moved into the unit in January, with some forced to leave one and two bedroom flats in their communities. asylum seekers
News

‘It’s not safe’: Inside the dedicated mum and baby units for asylum seekers

Fashion brands 'routinely' mislead the public over their green credentials
Most fast fashion brands are focusing their environmental efforts on making clothes from single-use plastic bottles instead of virgin polyester, but the researchers dubbed it a “false solution.
Environment

Fashion brands 'routinely' mislead the public over their green credentials

What is the Right to Food?
The Right to Food campaign is taking action on soaring food bank use - a problem faced by Brits well before the pandemic.
Social Justice

What is the Right to Food?

Inside the ‘torture’ of the UK immigration system for asylum seekers
asylum seekers
News

Inside the ‘torture’ of the UK immigration system for asylum seekers

Environment Bill: What is it, what laws will be in it and when to expect it
One campaigner said the Environment Bill is
Environment

Environment Bill: What is it, what laws will be in it and when to expect it

Scientists are turning plastic pollution into vanilla flavouring
Around 50 million tonnes of the strong, lightweight plastic used for water bottles is produced around the world each year. plastic pollution
Environment

Scientists are turning plastic pollution into vanilla flavouring

One in four nightclubs 'will not survive' four-week lockdown extension
Boris Johnson has
Employment

One in four nightclubs 'will not survive' four-week lockdown extension

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