Hannah Westwater
Hannah Westwater
Hannah started writing for The Big Issue in 2018 before joining the team as staff reporter a year later.
Sadiq Khan gives UK’s first LGBTIQ shelter a new home in a fire station
Activism

Sadiq Khan gives UK’s first LGBTIQ shelter a new home in a fire station

A Big Issue vendor visited Birmingham’s controversial ‘poverty experience’
Social Justice

A Big Issue vendor visited Birmingham’s controversial ‘poverty experience’

Changemakers: Sian Sykes paddles across Wales to tackle plastic pollution
Environment

Changemakers: Sian Sykes paddles across Wales to tackle plastic pollution

K.D. Lang: ‘Coming out was a tough journey, but it was definitely worth it’
Music

K.D. Lang: ‘Coming out was a tough journey, but it was definitely worth it’

Jess Glynne on Spice Girls inspiration, girl power and Glastonbury memories
Music

Jess Glynne on Spice Girls inspiration, girl power and Glastonbury memories

The offshore wind farm ‘powering’ a King’s Lynn homeless shelter
Housing

The offshore wind farm ‘powering’ a King’s Lynn homeless shelter

Missing one council tax payment can cost more than £2,000
Social Justice

Missing one council tax payment can cost more than £2,000

UK is ‘global centre’ of tech for good with companies worth £2.3bn
News

UK is ‘global centre’ of tech for good with companies worth £2.3bn

Children on free schools meals twice as likely to be unemployed later in life
Social Justice

Children on free schools meals twice as likely to be unemployed later in life

Nearly two million people £1,000 worse off a year under Universal Credit
News

Nearly two million people £1,000 worse off a year under Universal Credit

The government is likely to miss its 2027 target to end rough sleeping
Housing

The government is likely to miss its 2027 target to end rough sleeping

Coronation Street to show that ‘slavery hides in plain sight’
TV

Coronation Street to show that ‘slavery hides in plain sight’