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.
Homeless EU citizens ‘faced rights abuses long before Brexit’
Housing

Homeless EU citizens ‘faced rights abuses long before Brexit’

Big Issue vendor Ian Duff: 'I'm heading back to the kitchen'
News

Big Issue vendor Ian Duff: 'I'm heading back to the kitchen'

McDonald’s axe hot drinks stickers and customers fear homeless could lose out
Housing

McDonald’s axe hot drinks stickers and customers fear homeless could lose out

Was Boris Johnson honeymooning in Portugal while it was on the amber list? 
Boris Johnson honeymoon
News

Was Boris Johnson honeymooning in Portugal while it was on the amber list? 

‘Good work being undone’: 11,000 people slept rough in London during Covid-19
rough sleeping
Housing

‘Good work being undone’: 11,000 people slept rough in London during Covid-19

UK facing 'recruitment crisis' with two job seekers for each vacancy
Increasing numbers are being impacted by redundancy during the Covid-19 pandemic. Image credit: Pxhere
Employment

UK facing 'recruitment crisis' with two job seekers for each vacancy

Is a universal basic income 'too expensive' for the UK?
universal basic income
Employment

Is a universal basic income 'too expensive' for the UK?

Two-thirds of UK voters want more long-term thinking from politicians
Future generations
Politics

Two-thirds of UK voters want more long-term thinking from politicians

Right to Food Day: Campaigners’ push for National Food Strategy inclusion
Rashford Right to Food
Activism

Right to Food Day: Campaigners’ push for National Food Strategy inclusion

Big Issue founder’s Future Generations Bill returns to the House of Lords
Future generations bill john bird
Politics

Big Issue founder’s Future Generations Bill returns to the House of Lords

‘I think Jonathan Pie would have joined GB News’
Jonathan Pie
Culture

‘I think Jonathan Pie would have joined GB News’

Is the term ‘white privilege’ leaving working-class white kids neglected?
White privilege
News

Is the term ‘white privilege’ leaving working-class white kids neglected?

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