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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.
Fewer kids on free school meals were in classrooms on school return
The Government said attendance for children on free school meals is
Social Justice

Fewer kids on free school meals were in classrooms on school return

Cutting universal credit is a 'mistake', Tory MPs tell PM
Rishi Sunak announced in the spring Budget that the universal credit increase would be extended until September
Social Justice

Cutting universal credit is a 'mistake', Tory MPs tell PM

Emergency food parcels given to two children in UK every minute
A child eating biscuits. The food banks charity does not expect demand to decrease any time soon, with universal credit set to be cut by £20 per week in September.
Social Justice

Emergency food parcels given to two children in UK every minute

UK hit harder by pandemic poverty than in France and Germany
A man looking at a laptop, worried, with his hands on his head. Brits in poverty had incomes 20 per cent lower than the poorest households in France before the pandemic.
Social Justice

UK hit harder by pandemic poverty than in France and Germany

Here’s how many green jobs could be created in your area
A man fits a solar panel on a roof. Up to 8,224 green jobs could be created in West Cumbria’s Copeland, where locals are objecting to controversial plans for a new coal mine
Employment

Here’s how many green jobs could be created in your area

Change air pollution law to save lives, says Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah coroner
A school photo of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah. She was the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of death.
Environment

Change air pollution law to save lives, says Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah coroner

School uniform costs are pushing struggling families deeper into poverty
A patchy grant scheme means families in poverty get little support to afford school uniforms.
Social Justice

School uniform costs are pushing struggling families deeper into poverty

Football fans 'terrified' of Super League impact on food banks
Activism

Football fans 'terrified' of Super League impact on food banks

More than a third of workers given less than a week’s notice of their hours
People who did shift work, such as hospitality workers, were most likely to get short notice of their hours
Employment

More than a third of workers given less than a week’s notice of their hours

Household debt ‘kicked down the road’ by Covid support, warns charity
Two people look at bills and use a calculator as they struggle with debt
News

Household debt ‘kicked down the road’ by Covid support, warns charity

‘System in crisis’ as ministers fail to fight food waste and poverty
Only 60 UK businesses reported their food waste figures publicly in 2020.
Environment

‘System in crisis’ as ministers fail to fight food waste and poverty

This is how you can fight plastic pollution in the UK's biggest beach clean
More than half of Brits think plastic pollution has grown during the Covid-19 crisis
Environment

This is how you can fight plastic pollution in the UK's biggest beach clean