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Greg Barradale
Greg Barradale
Greg is a Senior Reporter for the Big Issue. He reports on social affairs ranging from asylum and homelessness, to public transport and protests. He was a winner of the News and Investigations category at the MHP 30toWatch awards 2023, and was shortlisted for feature writer of the year at the 2023 BSME Talent Awards. If you've got a story which you think needs covering, email him at greg.barradale@bigissue.com
‘Time for radical thinking’: What’s the bigger picture behind Reeves’ dramatic benefit cuts?
Spring statement

‘Time for radical thinking’: What’s the bigger picture behind Reeves’ dramatic benefit cuts?

‘Neighbours are more trusted than government’: When crisis hits, communities are saving themselves
Community

‘Neighbours are more trusted than government’: When crisis hits, communities are saving themselves

DWP ordered to correct ‘entirely misleading’ claim about universal credit claimants looking for work
Benefits

DWP ordered to correct ‘entirely misleading’ claim about universal credit claimants looking for work

Electric van to help charity deliver 50,000 meals to homeless people
Homelessness

Electric van to help charity deliver 50,000 meals to homeless people

Benefits, rent rises, and energy bill hikes: All the tax year changes in April 2025 you need to know about
Social Justice

Benefits, rent rises, and energy bill hikes: All the tax year changes in April 2025 you need to know about

Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?
Five years since the pandemic

Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?

Communities that build solar panels and wind farms should get cheaper bills, says Labour minister
Community energy

Communities that build solar panels and wind farms should get cheaper bills, says Labour minister

Benefit cuts and big housebuilding promises: What Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement means for you
Spring Statement

Benefit cuts and big housebuilding promises: What Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement means for you

Covid got us all in mutual aid groups. Five years on, what happened to the lockdown anarchists?
Five years since the pandemic

Covid got us all in mutual aid groups. Five years on, what happened to the lockdown anarchists?

Poor women without education least likely to recover from effects of Covid, study finds
Five years since the pandemic

Poor women without education least likely to recover from effects of Covid, study finds

Labour’s billion pound gamble: Can community energy deliver the affordable power the UK needs?
Community energy

Labour’s billion pound gamble: Can community energy deliver the affordable power the UK needs?

Keir Starmer is watching Adolescence. Here’s how his government can stop it happening in real life
Domestic abuse

Keir Starmer is watching Adolescence. Here’s how his government can stop it happening in real life