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
The accidental food bank: How youth clubs are becoming frontline services
Food banks

The accidental food bank: How youth clubs are becoming frontline services

Just Stop Oil threatened to disrupt Pride in London and have split opinion
Activism

Just Stop Oil threatened to disrupt Pride in London and have split opinion

Will giving workers a pay rise really make inflation worse? We asked expert economists
Inflation

Will giving workers a pay rise really make inflation worse? We asked expert economists

Is ‘greedflation’ behind your soaring grocery bills?
Inflation

Is ‘greedflation’ behind your soaring grocery bills?

Refugees are twice as likely to be unemployed. A new scheme in Coventry might have answers
Employment

Refugees are twice as likely to be unemployed. A new scheme in Coventry might have answers

Pride marches, football matches, and vigils: The ordinary activities that could get caught up in the government’s new slow walking crackdown
Public Order Act

Pride marches, football matches, and vigils: The ordinary activities that could get caught up in the government’s new slow walking crackdown

Grenfell Inquiry: How far has the search for answers got?
Housing

Grenfell Inquiry: How far has the search for answers got?

Six years on from Grenfell: This is life in the shadow of the tower
Grenfell

Six years on from Grenfell: This is life in the shadow of the tower

Exclusive: UN slaps down Tory bid to criminalise ‘legitimate and important’ slow walking protests
Activism

Exclusive: UN slaps down Tory bid to criminalise ‘legitimate and important’ slow walking protests

What are ultra-processed foods? The health risks explained
Health

What are ultra-processed foods? The health risks explained

11 award winners share their campaign tips for achieving change
Campaigning

11 award winners share their campaign tips for achieving change

Big Issue launches ‘next stage of our journey for vendors’ with Big Issue Changing Lives community interest company
Big Issue Group

Big Issue launches ‘next stage of our journey for vendors’ with Big Issue Changing Lives community interest company