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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Ukraine

Homeless in Ukraine: Former rough sleepers are supporting their shell-shocked compatriots in Kharkiv

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Education

Careers advice is pushing young people into jobs based off their parents’ wealth, think tank warns

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News

Popular Big Issue vendor who lost beloved dog on Christmas Day welcomes new pet to his pitch

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Cost of Living Crisis

Meter Reading Day: Energy firm accuses Martin Lewis of ‘bringing down Britain’ as flood of meter readings hits websites

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Homelessness

A person died while homeless every seven hours in the UK in 2021

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Social housing

Government will ‘name and shame’ landlords on social media for leaving tenants in dodgy social housing

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Homelessness

The directors of Lead Me Home want to bring the film’s homeless stars to the Oscars

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Renting

‘I am scared of being homeless’: Residents protest over doubling of rents

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Ukraine Crisis

Inside a Kyiv homeless hostel with the frontline workers saving lives

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Housing

‘My entire life is in that house’: 100 families still locked out of homes two months after Storm Malik

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Renting

The government is cutting support for struggling renters at the ‘worst possible time’

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Ukraine crisis