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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Our vendors

A Big Issue vendor is doing a marathon on a space hopper after missing out on London Marathon spot

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Renting

Landlords set to pass on mortgage rate hikes to tenants

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Temporary accommodation

Government told to fix broken temporary accommodation system as homelessness crisis set to worsen

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Rough sleeping

Homeless people are being ‘disproportionately criminalised’ by anti-social behaviour laws

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Stamp Duty

Will a stamp duty cut fix the housing crisis?

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homelessness

A Michelin star chef is opening a pop-up restaurant staffed entirely by homeless people

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Homelessness

Eviction ban needed to prevent rough sleeping ‘catastrophe’, government told

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Homelessness

5 ways anti-homeless architecture is used to exclude people from public spaces

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Queen Elizabeth

Fears homeless people will be moved out of Westminster ahead of the Queen’s funeral

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Ukraine

A businessman who took in a Ukrainian family has launched a company to help refugees into work

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King Charles

The day Big Issue vendor Karl Grierson sold the magazine to King Charles

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