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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.
Hospitality staff shortage: ‘I thought, there’s more to life than this’
There are as many as 73,000 hospitality vacancies in the UK job market, Adzuna said. Hospitality staff shortage
Employment

Hospitality staff shortage: ‘I thought, there’s more to life than this’

The UK government's attempt to celebrate Pride month did not go down well
News

The UK government's attempt to celebrate Pride month did not go down well

What are clean air zones?
Councils are creating clean air zones to cut air pollution, which researchers said was behind 4,000 deaths in London alone in 2019.
Environment

What are clean air zones?

Black lives matter: ‘You can’t separate poverty from race’
A Black Lives Matter demonstration in London, July 2020.
Social Justice

Black lives matter: ‘You can’t separate poverty from race’

Scottish government extends pandemic support for homelessness
Before the pandemic more than 700 people were sleeping rough per night in Scotland. homelessness
Housing

Scottish government extends pandemic support for homelessness

HSBC funds more fossil fuel emissions than the whole of Canada
In 2018 HSBC committed to ending funding for new coal projects outside of Vietnam, Bangladesh and Indonesia, but the policy did not apply to schemes already backed by the bank.
Environment

HSBC funds more fossil fuel emissions than the whole of Canada

'Clear majority' of British public backs universal credit increase
A majority of the public also wants reforms to stop working parents being priced out of childcare. universal credit
Social Justice

'Clear majority' of British public backs universal credit increase

In-work poverty hits record high in the UK
A man looking at a piece of paper with a concerned facial expression and hand on his head. More than 30 per cent of couple households with one full-time earner are in poverty, nearly as high as the rate of hardship for families without any full-time workers
Employment

In-work poverty hits record high in the UK

One in three adults in Britain 'do not have a safe or secure home'
Housing

One in three adults in Britain 'do not have a safe or secure home'

‘Degrading’ disability benefits assessments leave people ‘in physical pain’
Man sitting on the edge of his bed holding his head in pain. Nearly 90 per cent of disabled people surveyed said they had little confidence the government would consider the benefits assessments changes they wanted.
News

‘Degrading’ disability benefits assessments leave people ‘in physical pain’

Self isolation support won't work on 'measly' sick pay, says TUC
News

Self isolation support won't work on 'measly' sick pay, says TUC

Sasha Johnson: Prayers for Black Lives Matter activist after shooting
Protesters at a black lives matter march in Brighton in June 2020.
News

Sasha Johnson: Prayers for Black Lives Matter activist after shooting