Liam Geraghty, Author at The 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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Economy

UK at risk of ‘technical recession’ despite GDP growth in November: ‘This isn’t a thriving economy’

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World Habitat Awards

Rebuilding Ukraine and fighting forced evictions: These projects will give you hope in 2024

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Our Vendors

Big Issue vendor Will Payne hangs up his tabard for new job as a street cleaner: ‘I love it’

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Politics

Will Trump win? Are the Tories finished? The man behind Jonathan Pie predicts politics in 2024

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Our vendors

Paying tribute to the Big Issue vendors we tragically lost in 2023

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Politics

From Boris to Starmer: The man behind Jonathan Pie takes on 2023’s wildest political moments

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A modest proposal

UK government spent millions defending its Rwanda plan. Here’s how that money could be better spent

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homelessness

‘A national scandal’: Half of teachers in England work with homeless children, damning poll finds

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Art

Late Scottish artist’s powerful sketches of homeless people discovered in attic after 30 years

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Rough sleeping

Black people more likely to be arrested for being homeless, research finds: ‘This shames our country’

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Our vendors

Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor Marc Jones, 47, found dead in hostel

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Renting