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
Council’s £200,000 plan to block off arches used by rough sleepers slammed as ‘tarting up’ city
Homelessness

Council’s £200,000 plan to block off arches used by rough sleepers slammed as ‘tarting up’ city

Leaseholder rights: How to fight against rip-off service charges – a step-by-step guide
Leasehold

Leaseholder rights: How to fight against rip-off service charges – a step-by-step guide

‘You live in fear’: Leasehold homeowners share horror stories of nasty hidden fees and service charges
Leasehold

‘You live in fear’: Leasehold homeowners share horror stories of nasty hidden fees and service charges

Why the general election could and should be fought on the frontier of poverty
General election 2024

Why the general election could and should be fought on the frontier of poverty

No Rwanda flights before election, Sunak admits – as calls for urgent asylum reform grow louder
General election 2024

No Rwanda flights before election, Sunak admits – as calls for urgent asylum reform grow louder

From poverty and housing to migrant and LGBTQ+ rights – why 2024 general election has such high stakes
General Election 2024

From poverty and housing to migrant and LGBTQ+ rights – why 2024 general election has such high stakes

Post-Brexit border checks to cost £4.7bn. Here’s how that money could be better spent
Brexit

Post-Brexit border checks to cost £4.7bn. Here’s how that money could be better spent

Rewilding is bringing creatures great and small back to UK – but a lack of funds is holding it back
Rewilding

Rewilding is bringing creatures great and small back to UK – but a lack of funds is holding it back

All of Keir Starmer’s U-turns and abandoned policy pledges, from child benefits to private schools
Labour

All of Keir Starmer’s U-turns and abandoned policy pledges, from child benefits to private schools

Starmer warned over glaring omission in Labour’s six general election pledges: ‘I’m disappointed’
Housing crisis

Starmer warned over glaring omission in Labour’s six general election pledges: ‘I’m disappointed’

Green Party leader Carla Denyer on climate crisis, fighting for trans rights and beating Labour
Politics

Green Party leader Carla Denyer on climate crisis, fighting for trans rights and beating Labour

How a band formed in an asylum hotel is giving refugees hope: ‘Each note comes from the heart’
Music

How a band formed in an asylum hotel is giving refugees hope: ‘Each note comes from the heart’