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.
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

The planning system is failing to deliver the homes England needs, NAO warns
Housing

The planning system is failing to deliver the homes England needs, NAO warns

Fact/Fiction: Was champagne invented by the English?
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News

Fact/Fiction: Was champagne invented by the English?

Pret A Manger is offering homeless people a roof and a job
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Housing

Pret A Manger is offering homeless people a roof and a job

Energy prices are rising by £117 after watchdog increases price cap
Environment

Energy prices are rising by £117 after watchdog increases price cap

Struggling Northamptonshire council is raising council tax by five per cent
uk poverty cost of living crisis
News

Struggling Northamptonshire council is raising council tax by five per cent