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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
Rishi Sunak's net zero U-turn is a 'big miscalculation' that will ultimately backfire. Here's how
net zero
Climate crisis

Rishi Sunak's net zero U-turn is a 'big miscalculation' that will ultimately backfire. Here's how

Rosebank: Emergency protests planned after new North Sea oil field given go-ahead
Rosebank
Climate crisis

Rosebank: Emergency protests planned after new North Sea oil field given go-ahead

Suella Braverman branded ‘shameful’ for saying being gay isn’t enough to qualify for asylum
Suella Braverman
Asylum seekers

Suella Braverman branded ‘shameful’ for saying being gay isn’t enough to qualify for asylum

Government slammed for ‘disappointing’ silence on compulsory domestic abuse lessons: 'It's time for action'
Domestic abuse

Government slammed for ‘disappointing’ silence on compulsory domestic abuse lessons: 'It's time for action'

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

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