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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.
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Artificial Intelligence

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Water crisis

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Local government

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Royal mail

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Advertorial

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Interview

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Busking

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Ghost Kitchens

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Sportswashing

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Thames Water

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Life expectancy

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Plan for Change

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