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
Reform came within 117 votes of Tories in Blackpool by-election. But it’s ‘far from an earthquake’
Politics

Reform came within 117 votes of Tories in Blackpool by-election. But it’s ‘far from an earthquake’

We’re in a race to build first new reservoirs in decades before Britain’s taps run dry
Environment

We’re in a race to build first new reservoirs in decades before Britain’s taps run dry

Anti-poverty campaigner and former Labour minister Frank Field dies aged 81: ‘He saved many lives’
Politics

Anti-poverty campaigner and former Labour minister Frank Field dies aged 81: ‘He saved many lives’

‘We will do all we can to resist’: Sunak gets Rwanda plan through parliament – so what happens now?
Politics

‘We will do all we can to resist’: Sunak gets Rwanda plan through parliament – so what happens now?

Sunak admits he will miss his own target of Rwanda flights taking off by spring
Immigration

Sunak admits he will miss his own target of Rwanda flights taking off by spring

Sunak’s call to end ‘sick note culture’ and reform benefits is ‘demonising’ disabled and sick people
Benefits

Sunak’s call to end ‘sick note culture’ and reform benefits is ‘demonising’ disabled and sick people

Mark Menzies scandal: How Tory sleaze may shape next UK general election as Sunak’s party plummets
Politics

Mark Menzies scandal: How Tory sleaze may shape next UK general election as Sunak’s party plummets

Rishi Sunak is celebrating UK’s inflation fall – there’s just several problems
Inflation

Rishi Sunak is celebrating UK’s inflation fall – there’s just several problems

Civil War director Alex Garland on ChatGPT, 28 Years Later and why Britain is like a ‘pet cat’
Film

Civil War director Alex Garland on ChatGPT, 28 Years Later and why Britain is like a ‘pet cat’

Yes, National Insurance cuts have taken effect – but it doesn’t mean lower earners are better off
National insurance

Yes, National Insurance cuts have taken effect – but it doesn’t mean lower earners are better off

The graph Rishi Sunak doesn’t want you to see
Inflation

The graph Rishi Sunak doesn’t want you to see

Housing crisis: Shared ownership an ‘unbearable reality’ which has ‘failed to deliver’, MPs warn
Housing

Housing crisis: Shared ownership an ‘unbearable reality’ which has ‘failed to deliver’, MPs warn