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.
A Big Issue vendor’s amazing pencil portrait is heading Down Under for £1,500
News

A Big Issue vendor’s amazing pencil portrait is heading Down Under for £1,500

More than 35,000 plastic bottles have been pulled from the Thames this year
Environment

More than 35,000 plastic bottles have been pulled from the Thames this year

How The Big Issue Shop has helped Jollie’s Socks step forward
Ethical Shopping

How The Big Issue Shop has helped Jollie’s Socks step forward

Where should Wonga customers turn for credit after the firm’s collapse?
Money

Where should Wonga customers turn for credit after the firm’s collapse?

Justine Greening takes the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill into the Commons
Housing

Justine Greening takes the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill into the Commons

Save the arches: Network Rail sells railway arches in £1.5bn deal
News

Save the arches: Network Rail sells railway arches in £1.5bn deal

Private rented properties should undergo a ‘Property MOT’
Housing

Private rented properties should undergo a ‘Property MOT’

Marvel’s ‘Spider-Man’ has a surprisingly nuanced portrayal of homelessness
Culture

Marvel’s ‘Spider-Man’ has a surprisingly nuanced portrayal of homelessness

The post-Brexit plan for non-EU fruit pickers will have “little effect”
Employment

The post-Brexit plan for non-EU fruit pickers will have “little effect”

Angry Dan ponders his place in the universe with The Big Issue Shop
Ethical Shopping

Angry Dan ponders his place in the universe with The Big Issue Shop

Can we teach our way out of the debt crisis?
News

Can we teach our way out of the debt crisis?

Three-year tenancies axed by the government in Tenant Fees Bill shake-up
Housing

Three-year tenancies axed by the government in Tenant Fees Bill shake-up