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
Home Office U-turns and makes ‘admission of wrongdoing’ on plan to cut asylum backlog
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Home Office U-turns and makes ‘admission of wrongdoing’ on plan to cut asylum backlog

UK’s doomed Rwanda plan is costing taxpayers £290m. Here’s how that money could be better spent
A Modest Proposal

UK’s doomed Rwanda plan is costing taxpayers £290m. Here’s how that money could be better spent

Home Office plan to clear asylum backlog is making refugees homeless, minister admits
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Home Office plan to clear asylum backlog is making refugees homeless, minister admits

Asylum seekers ‘setting themselves on fire’ due to conditions at Wethersfield immigration centre
Immigration

Asylum seekers ‘setting themselves on fire’ due to conditions at Wethersfield immigration centre

Homeless refugees in Leeds skyrocket due to Home Office evictions: ‘It’s a humanitarian emergency’
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Homeless refugees in Leeds skyrocket due to Home Office evictions: ‘It’s a humanitarian emergency’

Human rights and rule of law under threat in UK after Rwanda bill vote, charities warn
Immigration

Human rights and rule of law under threat in UK after Rwanda bill vote, charities warn

Bibby Stockholm: Death of asylum seeker on barge is devastating but ‘not surprising’, charity says
Bibby Stockholm

Bibby Stockholm: Death of asylum seeker on barge is devastating but ‘not surprising’, charity says

Home Office’s asylum accommodation policy ‘creates problems’, admits Michael Gove
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Home Office’s asylum accommodation policy ‘creates problems’, admits Michael Gove

I’ve been homeless in this city. Now I’m helping tourists discover its hidden secrets
Homelessness

I’ve been homeless in this city. Now I’m helping tourists discover its hidden secrets

Sadiq Khan calls on Home Office to save lives and immediately pause asylum evictions
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Sadiq Khan calls on Home Office to save lives and immediately pause asylum evictions

Number of homeless refugees in Cardiff doubles amid surge in Home Office asylum evictions
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Number of homeless refugees in Cardiff doubles amid surge in Home Office asylum evictions

Family with two young children faces being split up by UK plan to cut legal migration: ‘It’s wrong’
Immigration

Family with two young children faces being split up by UK plan to cut legal migration: ‘It’s wrong’