Hannah Westwater
Hannah Westwater
Hannah started writing for The Big Issue in 2018 before joining the team as staff reporter a year later.
Scurvy and malnutrition in the UK have doubled since 2010
Poverty

Scurvy and malnutrition in the UK have doubled since 2010

Why is the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on a hunger strike?
Politics

Why is the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on a hunger strike?

‘A fish rots from the head down’: MPs hammer absent Boris Johnson in Owen Paterson scandal debate
Politics

‘A fish rots from the head down’: MPs hammer absent Boris Johnson in Owen Paterson scandal debate

Climate change is forcing more people out of their homes than war
Environment

Climate change is forcing more people out of their homes than war

What is conversion therapy?
Social Justice

What is conversion therapy?

Nurses say levelling up is ‘lip service’ if lessons aren’t learnt from Covid health inequalities
Social Justice

Nurses say levelling up is ‘lip service’ if lessons aren’t learnt from Covid health inequalities

Ministers ‘happy to spend millions on drones’ but ignore refugees in Budget
Politics

Ministers ‘happy to spend millions on drones’ but ignore refugees in Budget

‘It’s going to be a dark winter’: Universal credit claimants respond to the Budget
Social Justice

‘It’s going to be a dark winter’: Universal credit claimants respond to the Budget

Sunak announces support for working universal credit claimants in Budget speech
Politics

Sunak announces support for working universal credit claimants in Budget speech

Budget 2021: What to expect from Rishi Sunak’s latest update on the UK’s spending
Politics

Budget 2021: What to expect from Rishi Sunak’s latest update on the UK’s spending

‘Do it for the children’: Families plead with Sunak to reverse universal credit cut
Social Justice

‘Do it for the children’: Families plead with Sunak to reverse universal credit cut

‘They took away my future’: Teenager forced to quit college after universal credit cut
Social Justice

‘They took away my future’: Teenager forced to quit college after universal credit cut