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.
How Pickles the dog, an England footballer and homelessness inspired new book
Books

How Pickles the dog, an England footballer and homelessness inspired new book

Vulnerable youngsters to be given more cash to ‘break cycle of homelessness’
Politics

Vulnerable youngsters to be given more cash to ‘break cycle of homelessness’

ExcludedUK: Budget self-employment support is ‘too little, too late’
Politics

ExcludedUK: Budget self-employment support is ‘too little, too late’

Renters ‘forgotten’ in Budget as campaigners warn of homelessness spike
Housing

Renters ‘forgotten’ in Budget as campaigners warn of homelessness spike

Human rights lawyers warn council to ‘stop harassing’ rough sleepers
Housing

Human rights lawyers warn council to ‘stop harassing’ rough sleepers

Fact/Fiction: Are glasses wearers three times less likely to get Covid-19?
News

Fact/Fiction: Are glasses wearers three times less likely to get Covid-19?

Spend big on social housing at Budget to ‘build back better’, urges Shelter
Housing

Spend big on social housing at Budget to ‘build back better’, urges Shelter

3 million ‘excluded’ from pandemic support demand help in Spring Budget
Politics

3 million ‘excluded’ from pandemic support demand help in Spring Budget

Elite swimmer who became homeless given £30,000 by strangers
Housing

Elite swimmer who became homeless given £30,000 by strangers

200,000 face homelessness in England every night, warns Crisis
Housing

200,000 face homelessness in England every night, warns Crisis

976 candles: One for each person who died while homeless in 2020
Housing

976 candles: One for each person who died while homeless in 2020

2,500 people slept rough in England through the pandemic, figures show
Housing

2,500 people slept rough in England through the pandemic, figures show