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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Care leavers

‘You’re basically abandoned’: How care leavers are forced from foster homes as soon as they turn 18

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Public finances

What does Britain’s £20bn ‘black hole’ mean for you and your money? Experts explain

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Drugs

Still no opening date set for UK’s first drug consumption room

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Bibby Stockholm

Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further

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A modest proposal

Tories planned to spend £10bn on Rwanda scheme. From HS2 to benefits, here’s how it could be better spent

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Climate activism

Hefty jail terms for Just Stop Oil activists ‘set a terrible example for the rest of the world’

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Exclusive

Premier League clubs step up gambling sponsorship on front of shirts ahead of ban: ‘It’s shameful’

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Democracy

Marginalised, sceptical and locked out of housing: Why young people didn’t vote in the general election

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Politics

What is the National Wealth Fund? Inside Labour’s less sexy, technocratic replacement for the £28bn

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Politics

‘Pull your finger out’: Can Keir Starmer really deliver change for those crying out for it?

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Prisons

How Starmer’s new prisons minister James Timpson wants to change the way we lock people up

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General Election