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.
‘Profoundly worrying’: Could Tories drop much-needed Renters Reform Bill like its net zero promises?
Renters Reform Bill

‘Profoundly worrying’: Could Tories drop much-needed Renters Reform Bill like its net zero promises?

University strike disrupts freshers’ week as staff slam ‘very worst employers’
Strikes

University strike disrupts freshers’ week as staff slam ‘very worst employers’

Tories will fail to end rough sleeping by 2024, experts warn, breaking manifesto pledge
Homelessness

Tories will fail to end rough sleeping by 2024, experts warn, breaking manifesto pledge

Britain becoming more liberal-minded – but less tolerant of trans people, survey finds
Transgender rights

Britain becoming more liberal-minded – but less tolerant of trans people, survey finds

‘He begged mummy to take him home’: Autistic man ‘abused’ while being kept in mental hospital for six years
Mental Health Act

‘He begged mummy to take him home’: Autistic man ‘abused’ while being kept in mental hospital for six years

Shoppers are being forced to show receipts before leaving the store amid cost of living crisis
Shopping

Shoppers are being forced to show receipts before leaving the store amid cost of living crisis

‘Reckless’, ‘inept’, ‘expensive’: Rishi Sunak’s net zero U-turn unleashes avalanche of criticism
Net Zero

‘Reckless’, ‘inept’, ‘expensive’: Rishi Sunak’s net zero U-turn unleashes avalanche of criticism

Cost of living crisis sparks troubling rise in malnutrition and return of ‘Victorian’ diseases
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living crisis sparks troubling rise in malnutrition and return of ‘Victorian’ diseases

Comfortable, sustainable and energy efficient: This is what the house of the future will look like
Housing

Comfortable, sustainable and energy efficient: This is what the house of the future will look like

Applications open for Big Issue Invest’s fourth Social Impact Investment Fund
Big Issue Invest

Applications open for Big Issue Invest’s fourth Social Impact Investment Fund

UK government may have broken law over sewage pumping. Could this be a ‘turning point’?
Water pollution

UK government may have broken law over sewage pumping. Could this be a ‘turning point’?

UK government’s offshore wind farm auction was a ‘disaster’. It could cost bill payers £2 billion
Wind power

UK government’s offshore wind farm auction was a ‘disaster’. It could cost bill payers £2 billion