Hannah Westwater
Hannah Westwater
Hannah started writing for The Big Issue in 2018 before joining the team as staff reporter a year later.
These period poverty campaigners want to make you angry
Social Justice

These period poverty campaigners want to make you angry

‘I feel like a failure’: Universal credit parents face mental health nosedive
Social Justice

‘I feel like a failure’: Universal credit parents face mental health nosedive

Put right to food in law to save people and planet, say researchers
Social Justice

Put right to food in law to save people and planet, say researchers

What time will UK election results be announced?
Politics

What time will UK election results be announced?

Barclays shareholders refuse to phase out fossil fuels
Environment

Barclays shareholders refuse to phase out fossil fuels

HMS Prince Philip costs could cover free school meals for nearly three months
Social Justice

HMS Prince Philip costs could cover free school meals for nearly three months

‘We’re in the fight stage’: Why Kill the Bill action means hope for the UK
Activism

‘We’re in the fight stage’: Why Kill the Bill action means hope for the UK

People on legacy benefits take discrimination case to High Court
Social Justice

People on legacy benefits take discrimination case to High Court

Fewer kids on free school meals were in classrooms on school return
Social Justice

Fewer kids on free school meals were in classrooms on school return

Cutting universal credit is a ‘mistake’, Tory MPs tell PM
Social Justice

Cutting universal credit is a ‘mistake’, Tory MPs tell PM

Emergency food parcels given to two children in UK every minute
Social Justice

Emergency food parcels given to two children in UK every minute

UK hit harder by pandemic poverty than in France and Germany
Social Justice

UK hit harder by pandemic poverty than in France and Germany