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
‘I miss home so much’: Ukrainian refugee on life in UK two years into Russia’s bloody war
Russia-Ukraine war

‘I miss home so much’: Ukrainian refugee on life in UK two years into Russia’s bloody war

‘Care sector is on its knees’: How Tory crackdown on overseas care workers will fuel exploitation
Immigration

‘Care sector is on its knees’: How Tory crackdown on overseas care workers will fuel exploitation

Mum with disabled daughter facing homelessness as council refuses help: ‘She’ll have a breakdown’
Homelessness

Mum with disabled daughter facing homelessness as council refuses help: ‘She’ll have a breakdown’

Missed dental appointments and hours-long freezing walks: Why asylum seekers need free bus travel
Transport

Missed dental appointments and hours-long freezing walks: Why asylum seekers need free bus travel

Why Starmer’s £28bn green pledge U-turn is bad news for the climate, economy and his path to power
Politics

Why Starmer’s £28bn green pledge U-turn is bad news for the climate, economy and his path to power

‘We can 100% end homelessness’: Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son filmmaker’s rousing call to action
Film

‘We can 100% end homelessness’: Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son filmmaker’s rousing call to action

Ex-child refugee says UK is going backwards on migrant rights: ‘Politicians have blood on their hands’
Immigration

Ex-child refugee says UK is going backwards on migrant rights: ‘Politicians have blood on their hands’

Restaurateur Hakan Topkaya puts love into his kebabs. The cost of living crisis threatens it all
Hospitality

Restaurateur Hakan Topkaya puts love into his kebabs. The cost of living crisis threatens it all

UK hospitality is fighting for survival. What does that mean for our kebabs, curries and chips?
Cost of living

UK hospitality is fighting for survival. What does that mean for our kebabs, curries and chips?

Council tells disabled man with cerebral palsy to make himself homeless to get housing support
Housing crisis

Council tells disabled man with cerebral palsy to make himself homeless to get housing support

Sending rough sleepers to prison comes at a huge cost. Here’s how that cash could help instead
Rough sleeping

Sending rough sleepers to prison comes at a huge cost. Here’s how that cash could help instead

UK government refuses Sadiq Khan plea for £20m to protect refugees from freezing weather
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

UK government refuses Sadiq Khan plea for £20m to protect refugees from freezing weather