Hannah Westwater
Hannah started writing for The Big Issue in 2018 before joining the team as staff reporter a year later.
‘Heartbreaking’ reports from food bank users show mental health impact of poverty
food banks
Food banks

‘Heartbreaking’ reports from food bank users show mental health impact of poverty

School life leaves children in poverty feeling ‘embarrassed and excluded’
children in poverty
child poverty

School life leaves children in poverty feeling ‘embarrassed and excluded’

'It's a basic human dignity': Asylum seekers could soon be allowed to work in the UK
nationality and borders bill
asylum system

'It's a basic human dignity': Asylum seekers could soon be allowed to work in the UK

More than 100,000 call on Boris Johnson to ‘do the right thing’ for Ukrainian refugees
ukraine protest
ukraine invasion

More than 100,000 call on Boris Johnson to ‘do the right thing’ for Ukrainian refugees

How Priti Patel’s new policing bill threatens your right to protest
police crime sentencing and courts bill
Activism

How Priti Patel’s new policing bill threatens your right to protest

Brits told to brace for ‘cost of living crisis driven by war’ as violence unfolds in Ukraine
ukraine protest
cost of living crisis

Brits told to brace for ‘cost of living crisis driven by war’ as violence unfolds in Ukraine

Nine million families will be £500 worse off from April
universal credit
cost of living crisis

Nine million families will be £500 worse off from April

Scotland and Wales reject ‘anti-refugee’ Nationality and Borders Bill
nationality and borders bill
Borders Bill

Scotland and Wales reject ‘anti-refugee’ Nationality and Borders Bill

Half of people using food banks are stuck in debt to the government
food banks
welfare system

Half of people using food banks are stuck in debt to the government

Scrapping free tests and Covid sick pay labelled an ‘act of national self-sabotage’
covid rule change
Covid-19

Scrapping free tests and Covid sick pay labelled an ‘act of national self-sabotage’

Thérèse Coffey criticised for not knowing answers during cost of living crisis meeting
cost of living
cost of living crisis

Thérèse Coffey criticised for not knowing answers during cost of living crisis meeting

Universal credit: New sanctions threat sparks fears of poverty and debt after four weeks
universal credit
welfare system

Universal credit: New sanctions threat sparks fears of poverty and debt after four weeks