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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Inside a Kyiv homeless hostel with the frontline workers saving lives
Ukraine Crisis

Inside a Kyiv homeless hostel with the frontline workers saving lives

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

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

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

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

Could refugees be housed in the seized mansions of Russian oligarchs? We asked a lawyer
Ukraine crisis

Could refugees be housed in the seized mansions of Russian oligarchs? We asked a lawyer

Six lies the far-right tell about homeless people on social media – and why they are wrong
Homelessness

Six lies the far-right tell about homeless people on social media – and why they are wrong

Some leaseholders will still face huge bills under Michael Gove’s cladding crisis plan, MPs warn
Building Safety

Some leaseholders will still face huge bills under Michael Gove’s cladding crisis plan, MPs warn

Home Office rough sleeping scheme ‘put people in danger of detention and deportation’
homelessness

Home Office rough sleeping scheme ‘put people in danger of detention and deportation’