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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.
MPs are calling for a food insecurity minister to fight child malnourishment
Social Justice

MPs are calling for a food insecurity minister to fight child malnourishment

Streaming for good: How gaming marathons are raising thousands for charity
Culture

Streaming for good: How gaming marathons are raising thousands for charity

Pauper’s funerals cost UK councils £5.4 million last year
News

Pauper’s funerals cost UK councils £5.4 million last year

Parliament holds first 2019 debate on Philip Alston's UN poverty report
UN Alston
Social Justice

Parliament holds first 2019 debate on Philip Alston's UN poverty report

Fact/Fiction: Are sensational weather stories blowing hot air?
News

Fact/Fiction: Are sensational weather stories blowing hot air?

Shelter says that 3.1 million homes are needed over the next 20 years
Social housing
Housing

Shelter says that 3.1 million homes are needed over the next 20 years

Former vendor Patrick Lawson is dubbed the 'happiest London bus driver'
Patrick Lawson
News

Former vendor Patrick Lawson is dubbed the 'happiest London bus driver'

Universal Credit’s next stage has been cut back to avert 'human catastrophe'
Amber Rudd
News

Universal Credit’s next stage has been cut back to avert 'human catastrophe'

The NHS’s long-term plan is focusing on prevention, just like The Big Issue
News

The NHS’s long-term plan is focusing on prevention, just like The Big Issue

Gloucester Council wants to charge 400 per cent council tax on empty homes
Empty Homes
Housing

Gloucester Council wants to charge 400 per cent council tax on empty homes

Much-loved Felixstowe vendor Andy Rogers has died
Andy Rogers
News

Much-loved Felixstowe vendor Andy Rogers has died

The first official homeless deaths count finds 597 people died in 2017
a person lies on the pavement facing away from the camera, with a guitar propped up beside them
Housing

The first official homeless deaths count finds 597 people died in 2017

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