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Hannah Westwater
Hannah Westwater
Hannah started writing for The Big Issue in 2018 before joining the team as staff reporter a year later.
Free school meals: Food Foundation demands urgent review of Government policy
Social Justice

Free school meals: Food Foundation demands urgent review of Government policy

Rising in-work and benefit poverty ‘a damning indictment of society’ – report
Social Justice

Rising in-work and benefit poverty ‘a damning indictment of society’ – report

Ministers refuse to investigate benefit poverty amid free school meals uproar
Social Justice

Ministers refuse to investigate benefit poverty amid free school meals uproar

Government threatened with legal action over lockdown schooling ‘failures’
News

Government threatened with legal action over lockdown schooling ‘failures’

Lidl moves before Government to support families with healthy food
Social Justice

Lidl moves before Government to support families with healthy food

Big Issue Changemakers 2020: Arts
Culture

Big Issue Changemakers 2020: Arts

Big Issue Changemakers 2021: Housing and homelessness
Housing

Big Issue Changemakers 2021: Housing and homelessness

Introducing The Big Issue’s Top 100 Changemakers 2021
Activism

Introducing The Big Issue’s Top 100 Changemakers 2021

What did we do about the climate crisis in 2020?
Environment

What did we do about the climate crisis in 2020?

UK poverty in 2020: ‘No family could have planned for a pandemic’
Social Justice

UK poverty in 2020: ‘No family could have planned for a pandemic’

1 in 5 children won’t receive a Christmas present this year
Social Justice

1 in 5 children won’t receive a Christmas present this year

600,000 people have fallen into fuel poverty during the pandemic
News

600,000 people have fallen into fuel poverty during the pandemic