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
Home Office plan to reduce asylum seeker hotel bill 'pushing refugees to homelessness'
asylum hotels
Homeless refugees

Home Office plan to reduce asylum seeker hotel bill 'pushing refugees to homelessness'

Are social rent homes really the 'silver bullet' to fix UK's housing crisis?
affordable housing
Social rent

Are social rent homes really the 'silver bullet' to fix UK's housing crisis?

The 'deeply worrying' and unstoppable rise of supermarket loyalty cards
illustration of a trolley
Supermarkets

The 'deeply worrying' and unstoppable rise of supermarket loyalty cards

‘They're playing the long game’: Why Lidl took a £76m loss amid supermarket price war
Lidl
Food

‘They're playing the long game’: Why Lidl took a £76m loss amid supermarket price war

Canada gave out free money to help homeless people. It reduced rough sleeping and busted stereotypes
homeless cash
Homelessness

Canada gave out free money to help homeless people. It reduced rough sleeping and busted stereotypes

Kids love them. They’re an environmental disaster. Should disposable vapes be banned?
disposable vape ban
Disposable vapes

Kids love them. They’re an environmental disaster. Should disposable vapes be banned?

Safer drug consumption rooms that reduce overdose deaths green-lit by Scotland's top lawyer
Drugs

Safer drug consumption rooms that reduce overdose deaths green-lit by Scotland's top lawyer

Refugee women and children being made homeless due to 'inhumane' new Home Office policy
Suella Braverman, refugees
Social Justice

Refugee women and children being made homeless due to 'inhumane' new Home Office policy

Mum whose daughter, 9, was killed by air pollution blasts Ulez critics
ulez, rosamund adoo-kissi-debrah
Environment

Mum whose daughter, 9, was killed by air pollution blasts Ulez critics

Millionaires and economists tell G20 leaders to 'tax the super-rich' with much-needed wealth tax
wealth tax
Wealth Tax

Millionaires and economists tell G20 leaders to 'tax the super-rich' with much-needed wealth tax

Shadow mental health minister's resignation sends 'worrying message' about Keir Starmer's Labour
Labour mental health, Rosena Allin-Khan
Politics

Shadow mental health minister's resignation sends 'worrying message' about Keir Starmer's Labour

Labour reshuffle: Keir Starmer's new shadow cabinet branded 'Blairism on steroids'
Labour reshuffle
Politics

Labour reshuffle: Keir Starmer's new shadow cabinet branded 'Blairism on steroids'