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
This year’s Rishi Sunak budget photoshoot is here and it’s hilarious, again
Spring Budget

This year’s Rishi Sunak budget photoshoot is here and it’s hilarious, again

Premier League goalpost protester: ‘I felt like the most hated man on the planet’
Activism

Premier League goalpost protester: ‘I felt like the most hated man on the planet’

Hundreds protest outside Stoke Newington police station in support of Child Q
Child Q

Hundreds protest outside Stoke Newington police station in support of Child Q

‘I locked my flat in tears’: The diary of one Ukrainian refugee’s two-week journey to the UK
Ukraine Crisis

‘I locked my flat in tears’: The diary of one Ukrainian refugee’s two-week journey to the UK

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe flies home after being detained in Iran for six years
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe flies home after being detained in Iran for six years

Protesters occupy Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s London mansion
Ukraine crisis

Protesters occupy Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s London mansion

Children of deported people are developing PTSD and depression, report finds
Deportations

Children of deported people are developing PTSD and depression, report finds

Met Police acted unlawfully in trying to ban Sarah Everard vigil, court finds
Violence Against Women

Met Police acted unlawfully in trying to ban Sarah Everard vigil, court finds

Priti Patel U-turn means Ukrainian refugees can apply for visas online
Ukraine crisis

Priti Patel U-turn means Ukrainian refugees can apply for visas online

‘My mum can’t take it much longer’: Ukrainians turned away as UK visa centres fail to cope with demand
Ukraine invasion

‘My mum can’t take it much longer’: Ukrainians turned away as UK visa centres fail to cope with demand

Diane Abbott accuses the government of ‘waiting for the Windrush generation to die’
Windrush

Diane Abbott accuses the government of ‘waiting for the Windrush generation to die’

Ukrainian woman told to pay for mother to come to UK despite free visas pledge
Ukraine Invasion

Ukrainian woman told to pay for mother to come to UK despite free visas pledge