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.
Work and universal credit is failing to keep UK workers out of poverty
Employment

Work and universal credit is failing to keep UK workers out of poverty

‘Nothing has changed’ Returning to the Glasgow food queue that shocked the UK
Social Justice

‘Nothing has changed’ Returning to the Glasgow food queue that shocked the UK

Covid-19 cash interventions prevented poverty – unless you’re self-employed
Employment

Covid-19 cash interventions prevented poverty – unless you’re self-employed

Fact/Fiction: Did Sajid Javid say Covid is like flu?
News

Fact/Fiction: Did Sajid Javid say Covid is like flu?

‘A national scandal’: Ministers face call for public inquiry on fire safety
Housing

‘A national scandal’: Ministers face call for public inquiry on fire safety

Scientists slam Johnson’s ‘dangerous’ England Covid-19 plan
News

Scientists slam Johnson’s ‘dangerous’ England Covid-19 plan

Building Safety Bill ‘won’t stop leaseholders being financially crippled’
Housing

Building Safety Bill ‘won’t stop leaseholders being financially crippled’

Homeless EU citizens ‘faced rights abuses long before Brexit’
Housing

Homeless EU citizens ‘faced rights abuses long before Brexit’

Big Issue vendor Ian Duff: ‘I’m heading back to the kitchen’
News

Big Issue vendor Ian Duff: ‘I’m heading back to the kitchen’

McDonald’s axe hot drinks stickers and customers fear homeless could lose out
Housing

McDonald’s axe hot drinks stickers and customers fear homeless could lose out

Was Boris Johnson honeymooning in Portugal while it was on the amber list? 
News

Was Boris Johnson honeymooning in Portugal while it was on the amber list? 

‘Good work being undone’: 11,000 people slept rough in London during Covid-19
Housing

‘Good work being undone’: 11,000 people slept rough in London during Covid-19