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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
Labour asylum blitz ignores lessons of UK riots and could harm migrants, experts say
Home secretary Yvette Cooper
Immigration

Labour asylum blitz ignores lessons of UK riots and could harm migrants, experts say

Scottish government ends free bus travel for asylum seekers: 'Disappointing and devastating'
a blue bus in Scotland
Social Justice

Scottish government ends free bus travel for asylum seekers: 'Disappointing and devastating'

Behind the secret birth of London's first baby beavers in 400 years – and what it means
A baby beaver swimming in the water
Rewilding

Behind the secret birth of London's first baby beavers in 400 years – and what it means

Here's the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down
UK riots

Here's the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down

Could London follow Paris' Olympic efforts and make River Thames clean enough to swim?
A tourist boat on the River Seine, Paris
Rivers

Could London follow Paris' Olympic efforts and make River Thames clean enough to swim?

Labour's new towns plans is a start on housing crisis – but much more is needed, experts say
Chancellor Rachel Reeves and deputy prime minister Angela Rayner laugh while wearing hard hats
New towns

Labour's new towns plans is a start on housing crisis – but much more is needed, experts say

'You're basically abandoned': How care leavers are forced from foster homes as soon as they turn 18
Care leavers

'You're basically abandoned': How care leavers are forced from foster homes as soon as they turn 18

What does Britain's £20bn 'black hole' mean for you and your money? Experts explain
Rachel Reeves
Public finances

What does Britain's £20bn 'black hole' mean for you and your money? Experts explain

Still no opening date set for UK's first drug consumption room
Drugs

Still no opening date set for UK's first drug consumption room

Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further
Bibby Stockholm
Bibby Stockholm

Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further

Tories planned to spend £10bn on Rwanda scheme. From HS2 to benefits, here’s how it could be better spent
Rishi Sunak
A modest proposal

Tories planned to spend £10bn on Rwanda scheme. From HS2 to benefits, here’s how it could be better spent

Hefty jail terms for Just Stop Oil activists 'set a terrible example for the rest of the world'
Traffic on the M25 during a Just Stop Oil protest
Climate activism

Hefty jail terms for Just Stop Oil activists 'set a terrible example for the rest of the world'