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.
This app is aiming to help car washes to clean up their act on modern slavery
Car wash hero
News

This app is aiming to help car washes to clean up their act on modern slavery

Deprived children are going hungry after missing out on school dinners
Free school meals
Social Justice

Deprived children are going hungry after missing out on school dinners

The Dying Homeless project has been taken over by the Museum of Homelessness
Fabian Bayet Milton Keynes
Housing

The Dying Homeless project has been taken over by the Museum of Homelessness

Targeted and imprisoned: The shocking reality of modern slavery in Britain
News

Targeted and imprisoned: The shocking reality of modern slavery in Britain

Huge turnout for late Paignton vendor Tony Lucas’ funeral
Tony Lucas
News

Huge turnout for late Paignton vendor Tony Lucas’ funeral

Fact/Fiction: Are working mums to blame for Britain’s child obesity crisis?
Fact/Fiction 1350 Miles Cole
News

Fact/Fiction: Are working mums to blame for Britain’s child obesity crisis?

How The Big Issue is tackling modern slavery
Vendor CREDIT: Kumar Sriskandan / Alamy Stock Photo
News

How The Big Issue is tackling modern slavery

Proposed Universal Basic Income model could "cost less than welfare reforms"
News

Proposed Universal Basic Income model could "cost less than welfare reforms"

This is how homeless people are getting trapped in modern slavery
Homeless man on bench
Housing

This is how homeless people are getting trapped in modern slavery

Ed Sheeran is speaking up about homeless deaths for Comic Relief
Ed Sheeran
Housing

Ed Sheeran is speaking up about homeless deaths for Comic Relief

Unreadable Books campaign jumbles up bestsellers to push literacy
Books

Unreadable Books campaign jumbles up bestsellers to push literacy

Online property giant Zoopla is removing 'No DSS' from adverts on its sites
Housing

Online property giant Zoopla is removing 'No DSS' from adverts on its sites

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