Liam Geraghty, Author at The Big Issue

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.

Housing

Protect tenants from living in mould, damp and 'third-world poverty conditions', government told

rough sleepers tents being destroyed Camden

Homelessness

Met Police apologises after 'inhumane' destruction of homeless people's tents near Camden hospital

Cost of living crisis

UK inflation unexpectedly rising to 4% in December spells 'bad news for families'

Homelessness

Homelessness set to soar by a third in Scotland in two years – but it 'doesn't need to be this way'

Protestors storm Lambeth Council offices over damp and mould hospitalising baby

Housing

Outrage after one-year-old baby hospitalised six times due to damp and mould-ridden rental home

Fact/Fiction

Blue Monday: The truth behind the so-called 'most depressing day of the year'

homelessness

Anger over plan to axe data on people who die while homeless: 'Now is not the time'

Economy

UK at risk of 'technical recession' despite GDP growth in November: 'This isn't a thriving economy'

fighting the housing crisis and evictions in Jakarta

World Habitat Awards

Rebuilding Ukraine and fighting forced evictions: These projects will give you hope in 2024

Our Vendors

Big Issue vendor Will Payne hangs up his tabard for new job as a street cleaner: 'I love it'

Jonathan Pie promo shot for heroes and villains tour

Politics

Will Trump win? Are the Tories finished? The man behind Jonathan Pie predicts politics in 2024

Our vendors