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Lottie Elton
Lottie Elton is a staff reporter at the Big Issue. She previously worked at Euronews, and as a health and state politics reporter at The West Australian Newspaper. In this role, she won “Best New Journalist - Runner Up” in 2021.
Inside the fight to save independent cafes from 'corporate greed and exploitative capitalism'
independent cafes

Inside the fight to save independent cafes from 'corporate greed and exploitative capitalism'

Comedian Vittorio Angelone: 'Landlords should have to look you in the eye when they take your rent'
Big Questions

Comedian Vittorio Angelone: 'Landlords should have to look you in the eye when they take your rent'

Brits feel more powerless and distrusting than ever, research finds: 'This is worrying for all of us'
Trust

Brits feel more powerless and distrusting than ever, research finds: 'This is worrying for all of us'

Everyone thinks pensioners are rich. But I'm forced to choose between heating and eating
pensioner
Pensioner poverty

Everyone thinks pensioners are rich. But I'm forced to choose between heating and eating

Single people must earn at least £30,500 per year to live well in the UK
woman in supermarket
Living standards

Single people must earn at least £30,500 per year to live well in the UK

Watering down the Employment Rights Bill after Rayner exit would be 'gift' to Farage, experts warn
Workers' rights

Watering down the Employment Rights Bill after Rayner exit would be 'gift' to Farage, experts warn

'Soap opera politics?': Angela Rayner resigns as housing secretary and deputy PM after underpaying stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

'Soap opera politics?': Angela Rayner resigns as housing secretary and deputy PM after underpaying stamp duty

The Paper star Oscar Nuñez on Trump, truth and The Office: 'Don't let bullies off the hook'
TV

The Paper star Oscar Nuñez on Trump, truth and The Office: 'Don't let bullies off the hook'

'We can read their eyes': Donkeys serve as 'animal ambulances' in Gaza. But they now face starvation, Palestinian vet warns
Gaza

'We can read their eyes': Donkeys serve as 'animal ambulances' in Gaza. But they now face starvation, Palestinian vet warns

'Cruel' housing benefit 'quirk' forces thousands of vulnerable young people to give up work
Housing benefit

'Cruel' housing benefit 'quirk' forces thousands of vulnerable young people to give up work

Are asylum seekers 'living it up' in luxury hotels like Rylan says? Here's the reality
Asylum seekers

Are asylum seekers 'living it up' in luxury hotels like Rylan says? Here's the reality

Disabled families use foil blankets to keep warm as energy bills keep surging: 'We have to keep going'
energy bills
fuel poverty

Disabled families use foil blankets to keep warm as energy bills keep surging: 'We have to keep going'