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
Jeremy Hunt extends ‘lifeline for families’ household support fund for six months
Spring budget

Jeremy Hunt extends ‘lifeline for families’ household support fund for six months

Council tax will soar for millions in April. Here’s how we got into this mess
Council tax

Council tax will soar for millions in April. Here’s how we got into this mess

Jeremy Hunt, here’s all the ways your Spring Budget can start to fix our broken country
Politics

Jeremy Hunt, here’s all the ways your Spring Budget can start to fix our broken country

Every damning detail from ex-border inspector’s reports the Home Office didn’t want you to see
Immigration

Every damning detail from ex-border inspector’s reports the Home Office didn’t want you to see

Sarah Everard inquiry: Cops accused of violence against women must be suspended, government told
Social justice

Sarah Everard inquiry: Cops accused of violence against women must be suspended, government told

50,000 asylum seekers trapped in ‘never-ending limbo’ by Home Office, think tank says
Immigration

50,000 asylum seekers trapped in ‘never-ending limbo’ by Home Office, think tank says

Here’s a radical idea to let communities buy empty homes and get rid of dodgy landlords
Housing crisis

Here’s a radical idea to let communities buy empty homes and get rid of dodgy landlords

Why Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget is the most important in years – and could decide Labour’s future
Politics

Why Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget is the most important in years – and could decide Labour’s future

‘I miss home so much’: Ukrainian refugee on life in UK two years into Russia’s bloody war
Russia-Ukraine war

‘I miss home so much’: Ukrainian refugee on life in UK two years into Russia’s bloody war

‘Care sector is on its knees’: How Tory crackdown on overseas care workers will fuel exploitation
Immigration

‘Care sector is on its knees’: How Tory crackdown on overseas care workers will fuel exploitation

Mum with disabled daughter facing homelessness as council refuses help: ‘She’ll have a breakdown’
Homelessness

Mum with disabled daughter facing homelessness as council refuses help: ‘She’ll have a breakdown’

Missed dental appointments and hours-long freezing walks: Why asylum seekers need free bus travel
Transport

Missed dental appointments and hours-long freezing walks: Why asylum seekers need free bus travel