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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.
‘People will die because of this’: Devon County Council considers axing £1.5m homelessness prevention funding
Devon County Council is considering scrapping homelessness prevention funding
Homelessness

‘People will die because of this’: Devon County Council considers axing £1.5m homelessness prevention funding

Grandma living in van after being made homeless goes viral on TikTok
Lyn Pearman is living in a van after being made homeless when she was evicted by her landlord
Homelessness

Grandma living in van after being made homeless goes viral on TikTok

Police launch probe after Liverpool cafe serving homeless people for free hit with third break-in in two weeks
Paper Cup Coffee Liverpool
Homelessness

Police launch probe after Liverpool cafe serving homeless people for free hit with third break-in in two weeks

This seaside town has seen the highest rise in house prices over the last decade
hastings house prices
House prices

This seaside town has seen the highest rise in house prices over the last decade

‘We had to turn away a man who hadn’t eaten for two days’: Liverpool café serving homeless people for free broken into twice in two weeks
Paper Cup Coffee opened last year in Liverpool to give homeless people free food
Homelessness

‘We had to turn away a man who hadn’t eaten for two days’: Liverpool café serving homeless people for free broken into twice in two weeks

Four out of five people getting loans from supermarket Iceland to cover food costs are women
Iceland Food Club
Food poverty

Four out of five people getting loans from supermarket Iceland to cover food costs are women

Would you pay to insulate your home to tackle climate change?
Installing insulation is a way to insulate homes and tackle climate change and rising energy bills
Climate crisis

Would you pay to insulate your home to tackle climate change?

Renters who complain are twice as likely to be evicted by their landlord
renters face eviction for complaining
RENTING

Renters who complain are twice as likely to be evicted by their landlord

England lost more than 200,000 of the most affordable social homes in the last decade
social homes like Kentmere Tower in Birmingham England
Social housing

England lost more than 200,000 of the most affordable social homes in the last decade

What to do if you have damp and mould in your home
Housing advice

What to do if you have damp and mould in your home

Rishi Sunak’s anti-social behaviour action plan is ‘dressing old laws up in new clothes’
Rough Sleeping

Rishi Sunak’s anti-social behaviour action plan is ‘dressing old laws up in new clothes’

Popular Big Issue vendor seriously injured after being run over near his pitch
Big Issue vendor Vulusi Bolmadir
Our vendors

Popular Big Issue vendor seriously injured after being run over near his pitch