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.
‘Mr Sunak, do something’: Big Issue vendors lead call for PM to protect renters from homelessness
End Housing Insecurity Now

‘Mr Sunak, do something’: Big Issue vendors lead call for PM to protect renters from homelessness

‘The gap is worrying’: Young men and women are increasingly split on gender and politics, study finds
Gender equality

‘The gap is worrying’: Young men and women are increasingly split on gender and politics, study finds

Scandal after scandal plunges UK to lowest-ever position in corruption index: ‘The wrong direction’
Politics

Scandal after scandal plunges UK to lowest-ever position in corruption index: ‘The wrong direction’

DWP should never use AI to suspend benefit claims, experts insist: ‘People are still struggling’
Benefits

DWP should never use AI to suspend benefit claims, experts insist: ‘People are still struggling’

How a school for kids with complex educational needs is changing lives: ‘These kids can thrive’
Big Issue Invest

How a school for kids with complex educational needs is changing lives: ‘These kids can thrive’

Activists welcome Labour crackdown on water bosses over illegal sewage dumps – but warn it’s not enough
Water pollution

Activists welcome Labour crackdown on water bosses over illegal sewage dumps – but warn it’s not enough

 ‘We lost a good man’: Tributes paid after death of journalist and ex-Inside Time editor Erwin James
In memoriam

 ‘We lost a good man’: Tributes paid after death of journalist and ex-Inside Time editor Erwin James

Millions of Brits will be cut off from energy this winter because they can’t afford bills
Cost of living crisis

Millions of Brits will be cut off from energy this winter because they can’t afford bills

How Big Issue Recruit helped more than 100 marginalised people overcome barriers to work
Big Issue Recruit

How Big Issue Recruit helped more than 100 marginalised people overcome barriers to work

Union urges workers in Northern Ireland to block roads and occupy buildings if strikes fail
Strikes

Union urges workers in Northern Ireland to block roads and occupy buildings if strikes fail

War Horse author Michael Morpurgo warns cost of living crisis is denying kids the ‘right to read’
Books

War Horse author Michael Morpurgo warns cost of living crisis is denying kids the ‘right to read’

‘Lonely and expensive’: London is becoming less ‘liveable’ than other European cities, study finds
Cities

‘Lonely and expensive’: London is becoming less ‘liveable’ than other European cities, study finds