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
‘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'

Squalid flats smaller than parking spaces lead to massive £285,000 fine for landlord
london rent, hackney flat
Housing

Squalid flats smaller than parking spaces lead to massive £285,000 fine for landlord

Just Stop Oil: Everything you need to know about the fossil fuel protest group
Just Stop Oil
Just Stop Oil

Just Stop Oil: Everything you need to know about the fossil fuel protest group

Sewage spills: Customers could receive hundreds of millions in compensation as water companies face new lawsuit
Sewage spills

Sewage spills: Customers could receive hundreds of millions in compensation as water companies face new lawsuit

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