Liam Geraghty, Author at Big Issue

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Liam Geraghty

Liam has written for The Big Issue since 2017, originally starting out as a Junior Writer/Sub-Editor before working up the ranks to become Senior Reporter in 2019 and Deputy Digital Editor (News) in 2023. That role sees him take charge of news and investigations relating to housing, homelessness and social issues. He also helps Big Issue vendors tell their story.

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Homelessness

Introduce inspections for temporary housing to stop children living in horror homes, Labour told

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Renting

Tenants win more than £250,000 of rent back from billionaire landlord in five-year legal battle

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Education

This is the devastating impact growing up in temporary accommodation has on children’s GCSE results

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Housing

Doubt cast on Rachel Reeves’ claim Labour will be in ‘touching distance’ of building 1.5 million homes

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Homelessness

‘They had nowhere to go’: The story of rough sleepers left outside in London’s Covid-19 lockdowns

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Renting

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?

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Spring Statement

Labour pledge £2bn for social housing ahead of Spring Statement: ‘We are fixing the housing crisis’

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Homelessness

Covid effectively ended rough sleeping with the Everyone In scheme. So where did it all go wrong?

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Homelessness

Former homeless people take over empty Debenhams to open one of UK’s biggest charity shops

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Homelessness

Single mum forced to share bed with daughter in ‘severely overcrowded’ flat wins legal battle

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Planning

Labour promises ‘biggest building boom in a generation’ in reform of UK’s planning system

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Housing

Introduce inspections for temporary housing to stop children living in horror homes, Labour told

Tenants win more than £250,000 of rent back from billionaire landlord in five-year legal battle

This is the devastating impact growing up in temporary accommodation has on children’s GCSE results

Doubt cast on Rachel Reeves’ claim Labour will be in ‘touching distance’ of building 1.5 million homes

‘They had nowhere to go’: The story of rough sleepers left outside in London’s Covid-19 lockdowns

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?

Labour pledge £2bn for social housing ahead of Spring Statement: ‘We are fixing the housing crisis’

Covid effectively ended rough sleeping with the Everyone In scheme. So where did it all go wrong?

Former homeless people take over empty Debenhams to open one of UK’s biggest charity shops

Single mum forced to share bed with daughter in ‘severely overcrowded’ flat wins legal battle

Labour promises ‘biggest building boom in a generation’ in reform of UK’s planning system

‘A jigsaw with pieces missing’: Why are new housing estates forcing people to rely on cars?

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