Lottie Elton
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” for a 2021 investigation into police misconduct.
I started doing crime by age 6. I didn’t know any other life – all my birthdays were in prison
Crime

I started doing crime by age 6. I didn’t know any other life – all my birthdays were in prison

Calls to nationalise Thames Water as Brits face 40% increase in bills: ‘A con and a disgrace’
Water bills

Calls to nationalise Thames Water as Brits face 40% increase in bills: ‘A con and a disgrace’

Yungblud on ‘ignorant’ politicians, his own affordable festival and how music can change the world
Music

Yungblud on ‘ignorant’ politicians, his own affordable festival and how music can change the world

‘Job apocalypse’: Up to 8 million Brits risk losing their jobs to AI, government warned
Employment

‘Job apocalypse’: Up to 8 million Brits risk losing their jobs to AI, government warned

Kate Garraway’s ‘huge debts’ from husband’s care shows reality of a social care system in crisis
Social care

Kate Garraway’s ‘huge debts’ from husband’s care shows reality of a social care system in crisis

‘Out of touch’: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt slammed after claiming £100,000 a year ‘isn’t a huge salary’
Politics

‘Out of touch’: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt slammed after claiming £100,000 a year ‘isn’t a huge salary’

‘Not just for the super-rich’: How ethical investing can change the world
Ethical investing

‘Not just for the super-rich’: How ethical investing can change the world

I was a drunk and homeless at 19. Volunteering helped me get my life back
Volunteering

I was a drunk and homeless at 19. Volunteering helped me get my life back

Tory minister Mel Stride sparks backlash after claiming mental health culture has ‘gone too far’
Mental health

Tory minister Mel Stride sparks backlash after claiming mental health culture has ‘gone too far’

Iconic fashion brand Ted Baker collapses with hundreds of jobs at risk. What went wrong?
Business

Iconic fashion brand Ted Baker collapses with hundreds of jobs at risk. What went wrong?

Housing crisis: UK could raise billion taxing vacant homes and foreign buyers, think tank says
Housing crisis

Housing crisis: UK could raise billion taxing vacant homes and foreign buyers, think tank says

Prince William pays tribute to ‘brave’ rough sleepers at visit to Sheffield homelessness project
Homelessness

Prince William pays tribute to ‘brave’ rough sleepers at visit to Sheffield homelessness project