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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Housebuilding

Housing minister admits Labour’s 1.5 million homes promise will be ‘more difficult than expected’

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RENTING

Surging rental prices are dwarfing inflation – and not enough people are talking about it

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Empty homes

One million homes are lying empty in England. Here’s how we can fill them

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Donald Trump

How house prices and sky-high rents predicted Donald Trump’s US election victory

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Homelessness

Big Issue founder storms out of ‘farce’ rough sleeping inquiry: ‘I’ve heard this for 30 years’

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Housing

How Labour’s new Skills England can save the construction industry and fix the housing crisis

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Energy bills

Warm home discount loophole means pensioners on benefits could miss out on £150 of help

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Housing

‘This is the dream’: These Londoners built their own homes to beat sky-high house prices

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Homelessness

Starmer pledges £3.5m to help homeless veterans ahead of Remembrance Day: ‘We pay solemn tribute’

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JESS TURTLE

Why we come together to grieve people who died while homeless

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homelessness

Children in temporary housing want a home – not an Xbox – for Christmas, MPs told

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Cladding crisis