Greg Barradale
Greg is a Senior Reporter for the Big Issue. He reports on social affairs ranging from asylum and homelessness, to public transport and protests. He was a winner of the News and Investigations category at the MHP 30toWatch awards 2023, and was shortlisted for feature writer of the year at the 2023 BSME Talent Awards. If you've got a story which you think needs covering, email him at greg.barradale@bigissue.com
Two-child benefit cap axed and wage hikes: What Rachel Reeves' autumn budget means for your money
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers her 2025 autumn budget
Autumn budget

Two-child benefit cap axed and wage hikes: What Rachel Reeves' autumn budget means for your money

How did Rachel Reeves do in her first autumn budget? We ask people on the frontlines, one year on
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
autumn budget

How did Rachel Reeves do in her first autumn budget? We ask people on the frontlines, one year on

Prisoners are dying within a day of their release. What's going wrong?
a prisoner behind prison bars
Prisons

Prisoners are dying within a day of their release. What's going wrong?

Revealed: Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back
Yo-yo Homes

Revealed: Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back

We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped
Food

We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped

George Lamb on how an Ibiza dance floor set him on a farming odyssey: 'We need resilience in our food system'
Food

George Lamb on how an Ibiza dance floor set him on a farming odyssey: 'We need resilience in our food system'

Labour confirms millions in funding to stop 1,000-plus veterans becoming homeless
Veterans

Labour confirms millions in funding to stop 1,000-plus veterans becoming homeless

'Vegans lost the battle, but they won the war': The truth about the anti-vegan backlash
Food

'Vegans lost the battle, but they won the war': The truth about the anti-vegan backlash

'A moral imperative': Starmer faces pressure to confirm cash to stop veteran homelessness
Veterans

'A moral imperative': Starmer faces pressure to confirm cash to stop veteran homelessness

Tories call on Starmer to confirm cash keeping 1,000 veterans off the streets: 'They must be protected'
shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge
Veterans

Tories call on Starmer to confirm cash keeping 1,000 veterans off the streets: 'They must be protected'

'Urgent' action needed on Right to Buy reforms after Yo-yo Homes 'scandal', Labour figures say
Salford mayor Paul Dennett with a red bar over his face
Yo-yo Homes

'Urgent' action needed on Right to Buy reforms after Yo-yo Homes 'scandal', Labour figures say

Hundreds of veterans face homelessness as future of support scheme uncertain: 'A kick in the teeth'
Remembrance

Hundreds of veterans face homelessness as future of support scheme uncertain: 'A kick in the teeth'