Greg Barradale, Author at Big Issue

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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

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Stop and Search

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

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Deportations

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

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Social housing

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

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Local elections

Anti-LTN candidates fail to make inroads in local elections

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Local elections

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

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Politics

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

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Greenwashing

Climate activist hijacks smoothie brand Innocent’s Trafalgar Square PR stunt

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Kill the Bill

Kill the Bill protesters vow to make new ‘anti-democratic’ laws unenforceable

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Deportations

Families fear another Jamaica deportation charter flight is imminent after reports of detentions

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Policing Bill

Confirmed: Police will be able to crack down on noisy protests

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Water pollution

Protesters take to the beaches over sewage pollution

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Empty homes