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.
Brighton could become the first UK city to have a homeless bill of rights
Brighton Bill of rights
Housing

Brighton could become the first UK city to have a homeless bill of rights

Homelessness and prevention dominates Theresa May’s PMQs farewell
Politics

Homelessness and prevention dominates Theresa May’s PMQs farewell

Fact/Fiction: Does a glass of fruit juice a day increase your cancer risk?
News

Fact/Fiction: Does a glass of fruit juice a day increase your cancer risk?

Ross Kemp wants to change how we count rough sleepers in the UK
Ross Kemp
TV

Ross Kemp wants to change how we count rough sleepers in the UK

Eight families are going homeless for every social home built in England
Child poverty
Housing

Eight families are going homeless for every social home built in England

Demand for foodbanks set to soar this summer, as children face holiday hunger
News

Demand for foodbanks set to soar this summer, as children face holiday hunger

Norwich’s Simon Gravell is the latest Big Issue vendor to go contactless
Simon Gravell
News

Norwich’s Simon Gravell is the latest Big Issue vendor to go contactless

Sadiq Khan is calling for the power to bring rents down in London
Housing

Sadiq Khan is calling for the power to bring rents down in London

Fact/Fiction: Are scientists searching for a portal to a parallel universe?
News

Fact/Fiction: Are scientists searching for a portal to a parallel universe?

Why we’re fighting holiday hunger: foodbank demand up 20 per cent last summer
Food bank Trussell Trust
Social Justice

Why we’re fighting holiday hunger: foodbank demand up 20 per cent last summer

Scottish drug deaths rise by a 'shocking' 27 per cent in a year
Cocaine
News

Scottish drug deaths rise by a 'shocking' 27 per cent in a year

Did you know three million kids will go hungry over the summer holidays?
Holiday hunger Getty
Social Justice

Did you know three million kids will go hungry over the summer holidays?

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