Eve Livingston
The Observer
Eve Livingston is a freelance journalist specialising in social affairs and inequalities. She has written for The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent, VICE and many others, as well as working for BBC Newsnight and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Her first book, Make Bosses Pay: Why We Need Unions, was published by Pluto Press in 2021.
Her reporting on female police officers abused by their colleagues exposed the systemic failure of police forces across the UK to respond to and address domestic abuse within their own ranks.
Her shortlisted pieces were:
- ‘Staying silent is no longer an option’: female police officers on abuse within their ranks
- Brute force: domestic abuse in the ranks
- Female officers condemn failures on police abuse as ‘insult to Sarah Everard’s name’
A really important investigation into the centre of the community, namely the police, that keep us safe. These reports confirm that abuse against women can take place even within the police ranks. A brave and important report.
– Amber Rudd, Judge, The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils 2026
