Hannah Westwater
Hannah Westwater
Hannah started writing for The Big Issue in 2018 before joining the team as staff reporter a year later.
‘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

Action to cut household carbon emissions could ‘unfairly burden’ women
Environment

Action to cut household carbon emissions could ‘unfairly burden’ women

‘What kidnappers do’ – DWP forcing universal credit claimants to pose for photo with daily paper
Social Justice

‘What kidnappers do’ – DWP forcing universal credit claimants to pose for photo with daily paper

Children in poverty 70% more likely to develop asthma for life
Social Justice

Children in poverty 70% more likely to develop asthma for life

Women and LGBTQ+ people in Afghanistan are still waiting for the UK refugees scheme to open
Social Justice

Women and LGBTQ+ people in Afghanistan are still waiting for the UK refugees scheme to open

Make breakfast clubs a priority in child poverty fight, government told
Social Justice

Make breakfast clubs a priority in child poverty fight, government told

Rent arrears ‘much worse than feared’ ahead of UK cost of living crisis
Housing

Rent arrears ‘much worse than feared’ ahead of UK cost of living crisis

4 things to remember from the damning review of the UK’s Covid response
Politics

4 things to remember from the damning review of the UK’s Covid response

Universal credit: What is it and why does the £20 cut matter?
Social Justice

Universal credit: What is it and why does the £20 cut matter?

‘My parents tried to pray for me’: How prejudice is driving LGBTQ+ homelessness
Social Justice

‘My parents tried to pray for me’: How prejudice is driving LGBTQ+ homelessness

How much you would get in universal credit if you lost your job today
Social Justice

How much you would get in universal credit if you lost your job today