Liam Geraghty
Liam has written for The Big Issue since 2017, originally starting out as a Junior Writer/Sub-Editor before working up the ranks to become Senior Reporter in 2019 and Deputy Digital Editor (News) in 2023. That role sees him take charge of news and investigations relating to housing, homelessness and social issues. He also helps Big Issue vendors tell their story.
Fact/Fiction: Does playing golf as a pensioner extend your life?
News

Fact/Fiction: Does playing golf as a pensioner extend your life?

Here’s five things we learned from Universal Credit: Inside the Welfare State
News

Here’s five things we learned from Universal Credit: Inside the Welfare State

Bobby Seagull is taking a petition fighting for library funding to Number 10
bobby Seagull 1396
Books

Bobby Seagull is taking a petition fighting for library funding to Number 10

Lord John Bird’s Future Generations Bill is “the start of a movement”
Future Generations launch hero
Politics

Lord John Bird’s Future Generations Bill is “the start of a movement”

Fact/Fiction: Have nurses been told to stop calling female patients ladies?
News

Fact/Fiction: Have nurses been told to stop calling female patients ladies?

Keep an eye out for this poverty battling badge at London DJ sets
DASP DJs against street poverty
Music

Keep an eye out for this poverty battling badge at London DJ sets

Rory Stewart’s kipping on Londoners’ sofas on the Mayor campaign trail
Rory Stewart Foreign and Commonwealth Office Flickr
Politics

Rory Stewart’s kipping on Londoners’ sofas on the Mayor campaign trail

Benefits freeze must end with above-inflation rise, says Citizens Advice
Calculator
News

Benefits freeze must end with above-inflation rise, says Citizens Advice

Breaking grip of poverty is key to “levelling up Britain”, says JRF
Social Justice

Breaking grip of poverty is key to “levelling up Britain”, says JRF

Strangers rally round to gift boy his lost Pratchett books collection
Freddie Findlay Pratchett Big Green Books
Books

Strangers rally round to gift boy his lost Pratchett books collection

First official count reveals that Scotland has highest UK homeless death rate
homelessness and rough sleeping
Housing

First official count reveals that Scotland has highest UK homeless death rate

Independent Care Review slams care system as 'fractured and unfeeling'
Care Review Scottish Government
News

Independent Care Review slams care system as 'fractured and unfeeling'

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