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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.
Manchester launches Housing First scheme as rough sleeping row erupts
Housing

Manchester launches Housing First scheme as rough sleeping row erupts

Helsinki put the homeless into homes. Budapest banned them
Housing

Helsinki put the homeless into homes. Budapest banned them

Forget the BAFTAs, ex-Bournemouth vendor Bill is up for a BAPTA award
Big Issue vendor Bill Webb Southbourne Ales
News

Forget the BAFTAs, ex-Bournemouth vendor Bill is up for a BAPTA award

Empty Housing Scandal: The BBC is investigating the empty homes crisis
Empty Homes
Housing

Empty Housing Scandal: The BBC is investigating the empty homes crisis

The Tenant Fees Act will come into force in June
Private renting homelessness
Housing

The Tenant Fees Act will come into force in June

16-year-olds may soon be able to vote in Welsh elections
Young voters
Politics

16-year-olds may soon be able to vote in Welsh elections

How can we make the annual rough sleeping count more effective in the UK?
homeless
Housing

How can we make the annual rough sleeping count more effective in the UK?

A potted history: MPs denying that Universal Credit leads to foodbank rises
Amber Rudd
News

A potted history: MPs denying that Universal Credit leads to foodbank rises

David Holmes-Brown’s drawings express the humanity of rough sleeping
David Holmes Brown sketch
Housing

David Holmes-Brown’s drawings express the humanity of rough sleeping

The government has rejected pleas to curb benefit sanctions
News

The government has rejected pleas to curb benefit sanctions

How has Hungary’s rough sleeping ban impacted homelessness in the country?
Viktor Orban Getty
Housing

How has Hungary’s rough sleeping ban impacted homelessness in the country?

Finland’s basic income experiment has returned its long-awaited first results
Finland
News

Finland’s basic income experiment has returned its long-awaited first results

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