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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
Huge energy bill hike leaves one of Britain’s biggest food banks facing closure by Christmas
food bank
Food banks

Huge energy bill hike leaves one of Britain’s biggest food banks facing closure by Christmas

Policing Extinction Rebellion protests cost the Met over £10million
Extinction Rebellion
Protest

Policing Extinction Rebellion protests cost the Met over £10million

Big Issue teams up with Gordon Brown to call for emergency budget to fight October price cap rise
Gordon Brown
Cost of living crisis

Big Issue teams up with Gordon Brown to call for emergency budget to fight October price cap rise

Met Police slammed for secrecy over cost of failed Sarah Everard vigil appeals
sarah everard vigil
Met Police

Met Police slammed for secrecy over cost of failed Sarah Everard vigil appeals

‘We tried to throw the rule book out’: How a trailblazing housing scheme will help rough sleepers
Homelessness

‘We tried to throw the rule book out’: How a trailblazing housing scheme will help rough sleepers

Charity fighting social exclusion in Bristol receives funding boost
Phoenix Social Enterprise
Social Justice

Charity fighting social exclusion in Bristol receives funding boost

‘It nearly destroyed my life’: Menopause activist teams up with Big Issue to give sellers crucial advice
menopause
Health

‘It nearly destroyed my life’: Menopause activist teams up with Big Issue to give sellers crucial advice

Thousands of BT workers stage biggest strike in 35 years
BT strike
Employment

Thousands of BT workers stage biggest strike in 35 years

Met Police banned a man from Shoreditch 'after he filmed a stop and search'
Met Police

Met Police banned a man from Shoreditch 'after he filmed a stop and search'

Mick Lynch: ‘Nobody knows what Keir Starmer stands for’
train strikes
Strike action

Mick Lynch: ‘Nobody knows what Keir Starmer stands for’

Anti-LGBTQ+ protesters targeted a drag queen at a children’s storytime event in the UK
Drag queen Reading
LGBTQ+ Rights

Anti-LGBTQ+ protesters targeted a drag queen at a children’s storytime event in the UK

BP-sponsored British Museum forced to close early because of heatwave
British Museum
Climate crisis

BP-sponsored British Museum forced to close early because of heatwave

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