Liam Geraghty
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.
Popular Bristol vendor Mike Hall has earned himself a job at WH Smith
News

Popular Bristol vendor Mike Hall has earned himself a job at WH Smith

Fact/Fiction: Does playing golf as a pensioner extend your life?
News

Fact/Fiction: Does playing golf as a pensioner extend your life?

Here’s five things we learned from Universal Credit: Inside the Welfare State
News

Here’s five things we learned from Universal Credit: Inside the Welfare State

Bobby Seagull is taking a petition fighting for library funding to Number 10
Books

Bobby Seagull is taking a petition fighting for library funding to Number 10

Lord John Bird’s Future Generations Bill is “the start of a movement”
Politics

Lord John Bird’s Future Generations Bill is “the start of a movement”

Fact/Fiction: Have nurses been told to stop calling female patients ladies?
News

Fact/Fiction: Have nurses been told to stop calling female patients ladies?

Keep an eye out for this poverty battling badge at London DJ sets
Music

Keep an eye out for this poverty battling badge at London DJ sets

Rory Stewart’s kipping on Londoners’ sofas on the Mayor campaign trail
Politics

Rory Stewart’s kipping on Londoners’ sofas on the Mayor campaign trail

Benefits freeze must end with above-inflation rise, says Citizens Advice
News

Benefits freeze must end with above-inflation rise, says Citizens Advice

Breaking grip of poverty is key to “levelling up Britain”, says JRF
Social Justice

Breaking grip of poverty is key to “levelling up Britain”, says JRF

Strangers rally round to gift boy his lost Pratchett books collection
Books

Strangers rally round to gift boy his lost Pratchett books collection

First official count reveals that Scotland has highest UK homeless death rate
Housing

First official count reveals that Scotland has highest UK homeless death rate