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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.
LGBTQ+ homelessness: ‘It’s upsetting there aren’t more places for me’
LGBTQ+ homelessness
Housing

LGBTQ+ homelessness: ‘It’s upsetting there aren’t more places for me’

Pay renters’ £300m debts or risk spending more on homelessness, MPs warn
rent debt
Housing

Pay renters’ £300m debts or risk spending more on homelessness, MPs warn

Youth unemployment crisis will cost UK economy £7bn warns think tank
youth unemployment
Employment

Youth unemployment crisis will cost UK economy £7bn warns think tank

Social rent homes plummeted by 200,000 in eight years, warns housing review
A builder's hard hat
Housing

Social rent homes plummeted by 200,000 in eight years, warns housing review

Everyone In a year on: ‘It saved lives but did not truly mean everyone’
The Everyone In scheme moved 37,000 people off the streets during lockdown
Housing

Everyone In a year on: ‘It saved lives but did not truly mean everyone’

Can rough sleeping be ended without ending the hostile environment?
Can rough sleeping be ended while the UK pursues its hostile environment strategy? Image credit: Piqsels
Housing

Can rough sleeping be ended without ending the hostile environment?

How Everyone In helped women into Housing First
Domestic abuse is a key driver of homelessness among women in Scotland
Housing

How Everyone In helped women into Housing First

'I couldn't imagine this': Big Issue sellers on a year of Everyone In
Big Issue vendor Craig O'Shea in Truro
News

'I couldn't imagine this': Big Issue sellers on a year of Everyone In

Fact/Fiction: Is it safe to exercise with a face mask on?
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News

Fact/Fiction: Is it safe to exercise with a face mask on?

Uber drivers fear workers rights changes will leave them ‘worse off’
gig economy uber
Employment

Uber drivers fear workers rights changes will leave them ‘worse off’

Serj Tankian: ‘Going back to normal is extinction’
Serj Tankian
Environment

Serj Tankian: ‘Going back to normal is extinction’

Universal Credit benefit cap left Londoner 'surviving on £0'
The benefit cap left Saci Kumara Nimai Das with £0 a month
Housing

Universal Credit benefit cap left Londoner 'surviving on £0'

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