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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.
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

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

‘It’s like living through torture’ Tower block residents made homeless over post-Grenfell fire risks
Claire Hamblion Cardinal Lofts Ipswich post-Grenfell building safety crisis
Building safety crisis

‘It’s like living through torture’ Tower block residents made homeless over post-Grenfell fire risks

‘The proudest day of my life’: Former Big Issue vendor opens new furniture shop with Jay Blades
Big Issue vendor Steve Wyatt and The Repair Shop presenter Jay Blades
Our vendors

‘The proudest day of my life’: Former Big Issue vendor opens new furniture shop with Jay Blades

Spring Statement: £20million investment in housing veterans a 'welcome surprise'
homeless veterans to get support at Spring Statement
Veterans

Spring Statement: £20million investment in housing veterans a 'welcome surprise'

The number of women sleeping rough could be seven times higher than estimated
Women rough sleeping homelessness
Homelessness

The number of women sleeping rough could be seven times higher than estimated

Meet the Big Issue vendors selling the magazine to pay for their wedding
Big Issue vendors Lon Faram and Maxine Walters
News

Meet the Big Issue vendors selling the magazine to pay for their wedding

New IKEA store displays will show off rooms inspired by homeless families
Ikea Shelter homelessness temporary accommodation display
HOMELESSNESS

New IKEA store displays will show off rooms inspired by homeless families

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