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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.
Free school meals: Food Foundation demands urgent review of Government policy
A small amount of food laid out after being delivered to replace free school meals for two weeks for a child
Social Justice

Free school meals: Food Foundation demands urgent review of Government policy

Rising in-work and benefit poverty ‘a damning indictment of society’ - report
Site: Images Money @ Flickr. Six million families are at risk of losing more than £1,000 a year if Universal Credit is cut
Social Justice

Rising in-work and benefit poverty ‘a damning indictment of society’ - report

Ministers refuse to investigate benefit poverty amid free school meals uproar
cans and boxes of food sit on a shelf. children in poverty are being offered tiny amounts in parcels sent to replace free school meals
Social Justice

Ministers refuse to investigate benefit poverty amid free school meals uproar

Government threatened with legal action over lockdown schooling 'failures'
News

Government threatened with legal action over lockdown schooling 'failures'

Lidl moves before Government to support families with healthy food
Liverpool has become the UK's first Right to Food city to tackle local food poverty
Social Justice

Lidl moves before Government to support families with healthy food

Big Issue Changemakers 2020: Arts
Artist Twinkle Troughton displays some of her art in front of a sign that says
Culture

Big Issue Changemakers 2020: Arts

Big Issue Changemakers 2021: Housing and homelessness
Sarah Lamptey ShowerBox
Housing

Big Issue Changemakers 2021: Housing and homelessness

Introducing The Big Issue’s Top 100 Changemakers 2021
Activism

Introducing The Big Issue’s Top 100 Changemakers 2021

What did we do about the climate crisis in 2020?
In a crowd of people outdoors, a hand holds up a placard that reads
Environment

What did we do about the climate crisis in 2020?

UK poverty in 2020: 'No family could have planned for a pandemic'
A young person, seen from above, sits on the floor looking through a stack of bills in front of a laptop
Social Justice

UK poverty in 2020: 'No family could have planned for a pandemic'

1 in 5 children won’t receive a Christmas present this year
children playing with toys
Social Justice

1 in 5 children won’t receive a Christmas present this year

600,000 people have fallen into fuel poverty during the pandemic
Thermostat on a radiator
News

600,000 people have fallen into fuel poverty during the pandemic

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