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
Labour’s rental reforms not doing enough for disabled tenants, MPs and campaigners warn
Renters' Rights Bill

Labour’s rental reforms not doing enough for disabled tenants, MPs and campaigners warn

‘I’ve never been able to afford more than one skirt’: Labour’s school uniform plan sparks fierce debate
School uniform

‘I’ve never been able to afford more than one skirt’: Labour’s school uniform plan sparks fierce debate

Will bond market turmoil lead to spending cuts, higher taxes and austerity? Here’s what you need to know
Bonds

Will bond market turmoil lead to spending cuts, higher taxes and austerity? Here’s what you need to know

Polarisation and a test for Starmer: How Trump 2.0 will pose a major climate challenge for the UK
Donald Trump

Polarisation and a test for Starmer: How Trump 2.0 will pose a major climate challenge for the UK

‘We have to work with nature’: What UK’s only wild bison herd can teach us about the nature crisis
Rewilding

‘We have to work with nature’: What UK’s only wild bison herd can teach us about the nature crisis

Zarah Sultana would ‘absolutely’ return to Labour after suspension: ‘It has to be a broad church’
Exclusive

Zarah Sultana would ‘absolutely’ return to Labour after suspension: ‘It has to be a broad church’

Landlords are threatening an ‘exodus’ by selling up. What will happen to renters’ homes if they do?
Renting

Landlords are threatening an ‘exodus’ by selling up. What will happen to renters’ homes if they do?

This Black flower seller’s identity was a mystery. But the answer has helped give one family closure
Black history

This Black flower seller’s identity was a mystery. But the answer has helped give one family closure

This is what Christmas is like for thousands of asylum seekers in hotels: ‘It’s more like a prison’
Asylum hotels

This is what Christmas is like for thousands of asylum seekers in hotels: ‘It’s more like a prison’

10 acts of violence and far-right ‘activism’ police ignored ahead of summer riots
UK riots

10 acts of violence and far-right ‘activism’ police ignored ahead of summer riots

Calls to give Syrian asylum seekers right to work while UK suspends refugee applications
Syria

Calls to give Syrian asylum seekers right to work while UK suspends refugee applications

‘I was really struggling’: Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme it says slashes food bank usage
Christmas

‘I was really struggling’: Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme it says slashes food bank usage