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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
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’

‘We’re futureproofing the potato’: How climate change is causing turmoil for your Christmas dinner
Christmas

‘We’re futureproofing the potato’: How climate change is causing turmoil for your Christmas dinner

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’