Hannah Westwater
Hannah Westwater
Hannah started writing for The Big Issue in 2018 before joining the team as staff reporter a year later.
Government must ‘end fixation with Brexit’ to stop pupil poverty
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Government must ‘end fixation with Brexit’ to stop pupil poverty

Council tells woman with mental illnesses she can ‘cope’ with sleeping rough
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Council tells woman with mental illnesses she can ‘cope’ with sleeping rough

Universities must make radical changes to help care leavers thrive, say MPs
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Universities must make radical changes to help care leavers thrive, say MPs

Changemakers: Sophie Maxwell went from school dropout to college founder
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Changemakers: Sophie Maxwell went from school dropout to college founder

Chancellor will unlock £20bn Brexit buffer if MPs back May’s deal
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Chancellor will unlock £20bn Brexit buffer if MPs back May’s deal

’60 Days On The Streets’: Ed Stafford wants to humanise addiction
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’60 Days On The Streets’: Ed Stafford wants to humanise addiction

Beam is teaming up with The Big Issue to change vendor lives
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Beam is teaming up with The Big Issue to change vendor lives

Universal Credit stress a major factor behind England’s mental health crisis
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Universal Credit stress a major factor behind England’s mental health crisis

Children as young as six ‘link intelligence with being male’
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Children as young as six ‘link intelligence with being male’

Questions for the UK chancellor as France prepares to tax Amazon
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Questions for the UK chancellor as France prepares to tax Amazon

93-year-old Big Issue fan is knitting to keep dozens of homeless people warm
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93-year-old Big Issue fan is knitting to keep dozens of homeless people warm

Members push SNP politicians for free music tuition in schools
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Members push SNP politicians for free music tuition in schools