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
Low-paid and sick workers less likely to have flexible working options: 'Not a nice-to-have'
A woman works at a laptop
Employment

Low-paid and sick workers less likely to have flexible working options: 'Not a nice-to-have'

How Big Issue tackled Christmas over three decades of publishing
Christmas

How Big Issue tackled Christmas over three decades of publishing

This is what Christmas will look like in 2040
Christmas

This is what Christmas will look like in 2040

Where do British Christmas traditions really come from?  
Christmas

Where do British Christmas traditions really come from?  

Olive oil is cheaper than it's been since February 2024. Is it a sign of falling prices to come?
a woman pouring olive oil
Inflation

Olive oil is cheaper than it's been since February 2024. Is it a sign of falling prices to come?

Young people to be taught about consent amid warnings 'we cannot police our way out of crisis'
domestic abuse survivor/ silhouette of woman
Violence against women and girls

Young people to be taught about consent amid warnings 'we cannot police our way out of crisis'

Inside the chocolate factory spreading sweet treats – and helping autistic people find work
Employment

Inside the chocolate factory spreading sweet treats – and helping autistic people find work

'We try and make it magical': How this Big Issue-backed grotto is spreading Christmas cheer
A santa with children dressed in Christmas costumes
Big Issue Invest

'We try and make it magical': How this Big Issue-backed grotto is spreading Christmas cheer

Warning as new synthetic opioid 200 times stronger than heroin kills three users in days
A syringe of naloxone
Drug deaths

Warning as new synthetic opioid 200 times stronger than heroin kills three users in days

Sadiq Khan condemns 'unfair profiteering' from sales of Right to Buy homes back to councils
Sadiq Khan superimposed over a tower block
Yo-yo Homes

Sadiq Khan condemns 'unfair profiteering' from sales of Right to Buy homes back to councils

Councils buy back £34m of ex-Right to Buy homes for over 3x sale price in 'economic madness'
housing secretary Steve Reed with a red line over his face next to a block of flats
Yo-yo Homes

Councils buy back £34m of ex-Right to Buy homes for over 3x sale price in 'economic madness'

What lessons do Sadiq Khan's free school meals have for Labour as two-child benefit cap ends?
Sadiq Khan serves dinner
Child poverty

What lessons do Sadiq Khan's free school meals have for Labour as two-child benefit cap ends?