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
A man who built a wooden house on a London pavement has now been given a place to stay
Homelessness

A man who built a wooden house on a London pavement has now been given a place to stay

Homeless man who built wooden house on pavement: ‘People understand I’m just in a bad situation’
Housing

Homeless man who built wooden house on pavement: ‘People understand I’m just in a bad situation’

Housing crisis update: A man has now built a wooden house on a London pavement
Housing crisis

Housing crisis update: A man has now built a wooden house on a London pavement

Petition signed by 145,000 people forces MPs to debate including trans conversion therapy in ban
LGBTQ+ rights

Petition signed by 145,000 people forces MPs to debate including trans conversion therapy in ban

Campaigners fight to remove final passengers from Jamaica deportation flight
Activism

Campaigners fight to remove final passengers from Jamaica deportation flight

Real wages have fallen by £68 a month since last year
Wages

Real wages have fallen by £68 a month since last year

Expanded stop and search powers will lead to ‘more criminalisation of Black people’, groups warn
Stop and Search

Expanded stop and search powers will lead to ‘more criminalisation of Black people’, groups warn

‘I don’t even know what Jamaica looks like’, says man detained ahead of deportation flight
Deportations

‘I don’t even know what Jamaica looks like’, says man detained ahead of deportation flight

Tenants in a block with mushrooms growing on the walls are refusing to pay their service charge
Social housing

Tenants in a block with mushrooms growing on the walls are refusing to pay their service charge

Anti-LTN candidates fail to make inroads in local elections
Local elections

Anti-LTN candidates fail to make inroads in local elections

Former Tory minister reveals he’s voting for Labour in the local elections – and did in 1997 too
Local elections

Former Tory minister reveals he’s voting for Labour in the local elections – and did in 1997 too

‘Politics needs to be real’: Why more independent candidates are standing in this year’s local elections
Politics

‘Politics needs to be real’: Why more independent candidates are standing in this year’s local elections