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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.
What are the solutions to homelessness?
solutions to homelessness
Homelessness

What are the solutions to homelessness?

Meet Britain's Evicted Kids: How the housing crisis is driving children out of their homes
Bella from Britain's Evicted Kids
Homelessness

Meet Britain's Evicted Kids: How the housing crisis is driving children out of their homes

'We are understaffed, undervalued and underpaid': Nurses vote on first national strike over pay
nurses strike
HEALTH

'We are understaffed, undervalued and underpaid': Nurses vote on first national strike over pay

Michael Gove takes left turn at the Conservative Party Conference
Michael Gove
Politics

Michael Gove takes left turn at the Conservative Party Conference

A Big Issue vendor is doing a marathon on a space hopper after missing out on London Marathon spot
Big Issue vendor Lee Welham
Our vendors

A Big Issue vendor is doing a marathon on a space hopper after missing out on London Marathon spot

Landlords set to pass on mortgage rate hikes to tenants
Renting

Landlords set to pass on mortgage rate hikes to tenants

Government told to fix broken temporary accommodation system as homelessness crisis set to worsen
temporary accommodation London
Temporary accommodation

Government told to fix broken temporary accommodation system as homelessness crisis set to worsen

Homeless people are being ‘disproportionately criminalised’ by anti-social behaviour laws
homeless public spaces protection orders
Rough sleeping

Homeless people are being ‘disproportionately criminalised’ by anti-social behaviour laws

Will a stamp duty cut fix the housing crisis?
stamp duty
Stamp Duty

Will a stamp duty cut fix the housing crisis?

A Michelin star chef is opening a pop-up restaurant staffed entirely by homeless people
Chef Adam Simmonds is opening a restaurant staffed by homeless people
homelessness

A Michelin star chef is opening a pop-up restaurant staffed entirely by homeless people

Eviction ban needed to prevent rough sleeping 'catastrophe', government told
rough sleeper experiencing homelessness in London
Homelessness

Eviction ban needed to prevent rough sleeping 'catastrophe', government told

5 ways anti-homeless architecture is used to exclude people from public spaces
anti-homeless architecture
Homelessness

5 ways anti-homeless architecture is used to exclude people from public spaces