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.
Poorest households pay £250 extra each year on energy bills thanks to poor insulation
insulate houses
Housing

Poorest households pay £250 extra each year on energy bills thanks to poor insulation

Prince William has been meeting Big Issue vendors again
Eamonn Kelly meets Prince William and wife Kate
Our vendors

Prince William has been meeting Big Issue vendors again

A government minister said hundreds of Ukraine refugees becoming homeless is a ‘trickle’
Ukraine refugees
Ukraine

A government minister said hundreds of Ukraine refugees becoming homeless is a ‘trickle’

Scottish government accused of failing tenants by voting down rent freeze
rent freeze Living Rent campaigners
Renting

Scottish government accused of failing tenants by voting down rent freeze

The Vagrancy Act: What is it and why is it being scrapped?
Vagrancy Act
Rough sleeping

The Vagrancy Act: What is it and why is it being scrapped?

Remember all those controversial laws that were passed? Many of them just came into force
government introducing new laws
Politics

Remember all those controversial laws that were passed? Many of them just came into force

Rough sleeping in London down by a quarter in the last year
rough sleeping homelessness
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London down by a quarter in the last year

The Welsh government is now offering to buy homes affected by the cladding crisis
cladding campaigner
Building Safety Crisis

The Welsh government is now offering to buy homes affected by the cladding crisis

Three quarters of Brits back rent controls to solve England’s housing crisis
rent controls
Renting

Three quarters of Brits back rent controls to solve England’s housing crisis

Help to Build scheme asks Brits to tackle the housing crisis – but ‘won’t reach those in need’
Help to Build
Housing crisis

Help to Build scheme asks Brits to tackle the housing crisis – but ‘won’t reach those in need’

'He was the most intelligent, unassuming man I ever met': Big Issue mourns vendor John Byrne
Big Issue vendor John Byrne
Our vendors

'He was the most intelligent, unassuming man I ever met': Big Issue mourns vendor John Byrne

Customers raise thousands of pounds to pay for funeral of much-loved Big Issue seller
Big Issue vendor Lionel Hegarty
Our vendors

Customers raise thousands of pounds to pay for funeral of much-loved Big Issue seller