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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
Outrage as Home Office tells 400 asylum seekers to leave hotel at week’s notice
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Outrage as Home Office tells 400 asylum seekers to leave hotel at week’s notice

Landlords urged to give up spare rooms to host refugees made homeless by Home Office
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Landlords urged to give up spare rooms to host refugees made homeless by Home Office

Met may have apologised for destroying homeless man’s tent – but new laws could see it happen more
Balbir Kaur Chatrik

Met may have apologised for destroying homeless man’s tent – but new laws could see it happen more

Vulnerable sex-trafficking survivor evicted into below-zero temperatures by Home Office
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Vulnerable sex-trafficking survivor evicted into below-zero temperatures by Home Office

Council house campaigner wins landmark High Court case against plan to demolish London estate
Housing

Council house campaigner wins landmark High Court case against plan to demolish London estate

‘The trauma is absolutely huge’: Refugee homelessness crisis grips Sheffield
Refugee homelessness crisis

‘The trauma is absolutely huge’: Refugee homelessness crisis grips Sheffield

Two-thirds of government’s £4.2bn housebuilding fund remains unspent – so we spent it for them
Housing crisis

Two-thirds of government’s £4.2bn housebuilding fund remains unspent – so we spent it for them

All the pesky, woke scientists and experts against Rishi Sunak’s catastrophic oil and gas bill
Climate crisis

All the pesky, woke scientists and experts against Rishi Sunak’s catastrophic oil and gas bill

This is what ‘clearing’ UK asylum backlog looks like: Homeless refugees in the cold needing help
Immigration

This is what ‘clearing’ UK asylum backlog looks like: Homeless refugees in the cold needing help

‘Irreversible harm’ done as Home Office resumes forcing refugees onto streets after Christmas pause
Immigration

‘Irreversible harm’ done as Home Office resumes forcing refugees onto streets after Christmas pause

Thousands of refugees left destitute as Rishi Sunak boasts of clearing asylum backlog
Immigration

Thousands of refugees left destitute as Rishi Sunak boasts of clearing asylum backlog

Homeless refugee rushed to A&E after being found freezing on doorstep: ‘It’s getting worse’
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Homeless refugee rushed to A&E after being found freezing on doorstep: ‘It’s getting worse’