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
Allowing asylum seekers to work will help tackle growing refugee homelessness crisis, says minister
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Allowing asylum seekers to work will help tackle growing refugee homelessness crisis, says minister

Homeless man set on fire while he slept in ‘shocking attack’
Crime

Homeless man set on fire while he slept in ‘shocking attack’

Suella Braverman sacked: From deporting migrants to demonising homeless people, this is her rotten legacy
Politics

Suella Braverman sacked: From deporting migrants to demonising homeless people, this is her rotten legacy

Ex-hostage Sir Terry Waite on Hamas victims and how captivity shaped his empathy for homeless people
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Ex-hostage Sir Terry Waite on Hamas victims and how captivity shaped his empathy for homeless people

Banning pro-Palestine march on Armistice Day seriously risks wider public disorder, UN warns 
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Banning pro-Palestine march on Armistice Day seriously risks wider public disorder, UN warns 

Shadow minister slams ‘chaotic and incompetent’ Home Office over refugee homelessness crisis
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Shadow minister slams ‘chaotic and incompetent’ Home Office over refugee homelessness crisis

King’s Speech shows government has ‘no plan’ to end rough sleeping or tackle long-term problems
King's Speech

King’s Speech shows government has ‘no plan’ to end rough sleeping or tackle long-term problems

Beavers are back in London’s waterways after 400 years away
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Beavers are back in London’s waterways after 400 years away

‘We’re living in a nightmare’: Iraqi refugee family evicted into homelessness has lost ‘all sense of safety’ in UK
Special report

‘We’re living in a nightmare’: Iraqi refugee family evicted into homelessness has lost ‘all sense of safety’ in UK

One in 10 councils face effective bankruptcy as cost of placing children in care soars
Local government

One in 10 councils face effective bankruptcy as cost of placing children in care soars

Universal credit uplift key to ensuring low income renters can stay in their homes, says Sadiq Khan
End Housing Insecurity Now

Universal credit uplift key to ensuring low income renters can stay in their homes, says Sadiq Khan

1,000 asylum seekers in cash-strapped Birmingham face homelessness by Christmas
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1,000 asylum seekers in cash-strapped Birmingham face homelessness by Christmas