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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
The council wants to demolish Aysen’s home. She’s staying until the bitter end
Social housing

The council wants to demolish Aysen’s home. She’s staying until the bitter end

What you need to know about the Public Order Act, the law used to arrest coronation protesters
Public Order Bill

What you need to know about the Public Order Act, the law used to arrest coronation protesters

‘I wish I was a nepo baby’: Inside a 16-week mission to turn creative nepotism on its head
Community

‘I wish I was a nepo baby’: Inside a 16-week mission to turn creative nepotism on its head

Here’s what the UK can learn from Australia, Sweden, and the US about getting voters to the polls
Politics

Here’s what the UK can learn from Australia, Sweden, and the US about getting voters to the polls

Exclusive: Councils are rejecting one in 18 applications for the government’s new free voter ID
Elections

Exclusive: Councils are rejecting one in 18 applications for the government’s new free voter ID

Charles and charity: How the ‘activist Prince’ might become the charity King
Coronation

Charles and charity: How the ‘activist Prince’ might become the charity King

Londoners rally to support 16 survivors of fatal fire on edge of homelessness
London housing

Londoners rally to support 16 survivors of fatal fire on edge of homelessness

Calls to scrap voter ID requirement as just 85,000 apply for free photo ID by deadline
Politics

Calls to scrap voter ID requirement as just 85,000 apply for free photo ID by deadline

Not a single arrest made during Extinction Rebellion’s four-day ‘The Big One’ protest
Protest

Not a single arrest made during Extinction Rebellion’s four-day ‘The Big One’ protest

Survivors of fatal fire in Shadwell flat spared homelessness for a week as council extends accommodation
Housing

Survivors of fatal fire in Shadwell flat spared homelessness for a week as council extends accommodation

What you need to know about The Big Help Out: The volunteering extravaganza marking Charles’s coronation
Volunteering

What you need to know about The Big Help Out: The volunteering extravaganza marking Charles’s coronation

Will Extinction Rebellion’s ‘The Big One’ work? Here’s what we saw on the ground
Activism

Will Extinction Rebellion’s ‘The Big One’ work? Here’s what we saw on the ground