Hannah Westwater
Hannah started writing for The Big Issue in 2018 before joining the team as staff reporter a year later.
Woodhouse Colliery: Cumbria coal mine controversy explained
West Cumbria coal mine plans
Environment

Woodhouse Colliery: Cumbria coal mine controversy explained

How Taylor Swift has had to fight for control of her own work
Music

How Taylor Swift has had to fight for control of her own work

What the pandemic teaches us about the climate crisis
Environment

What the pandemic teaches us about the climate crisis

Leading the charge: Celebrating changemakers for International Women's Day
An illustration for International Women's Day
Activism

Leading the charge: Celebrating changemakers for International Women's Day

The Big Issue gives more than £1m to vendors in lockdown
Big Issue vendors
News

The Big Issue gives more than £1m to vendors in lockdown

Fact/Fiction: Does vaping make you more likely to spread Covid?
Media reports suggest vaping can increase the spread of Covid, but are the claims puffed up?
News

Fact/Fiction: Does vaping make you more likely to spread Covid?

Petrol cars mean UK will miss carbon emissions target, says report
Cars are the biggest contributor to the UK's carbon emissions
Environment

Petrol cars mean UK will miss carbon emissions target, says report

UK’s worst case scenario climate incidents are ‘already happening’
Worst case scenario flooding events are already happening in the climate crisis
Environment

UK’s worst case scenario climate incidents are ‘already happening’

Universal Credit claims double since March
The number of people claiming Universal Credit has doubled since March
Social Justice

Universal Credit claims double since March

Lockdown drives 40% spike in homeless youth mental health problems
Young people experiencing homelessness struggled with their mental health in lockdown
Housing

Lockdown drives 40% spike in homeless youth mental health problems

Tax fraud 23 times less likely to be prosecuted than benefits crime
Is Justice blind on tax fraud
News

Tax fraud 23 times less likely to be prosecuted than benefits crime

Extend free school meals now to cut child poverty, MSPs tell Sturgeon
The First Minister was grilled on the SNP's child poverty plans
Social Justice

Extend free school meals now to cut child poverty, MSPs tell Sturgeon

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