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.
Tory government had no plan to end homelessness in England, watchdog finds
Homelessness

Tory government had no plan to end homelessness in England, watchdog finds

Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments
Public toilets

Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments

Prison crisis: Early release scheme could see hundreds of prisoners released into homelessness
Prisons

Prison crisis: Early release scheme could see hundreds of prisoners released into homelessness

This pioneering and ‘beautiful’ idea can help keep young care leavers from falling into homelessness
Care leavers

This pioneering and ‘beautiful’ idea can help keep young care leavers from falling into homelessness

Academics put trackers on homeless people – what they learned could be a ‘game-changer’
Rough sleeping

Academics put trackers on homeless people – what they learned could be a ‘game-changer’

Activist Kwajo Tweneboa: ‘We’re facing the biggest housing crisis since World War II’
Housing

Activist Kwajo Tweneboa: ‘We’re facing the biggest housing crisis since World War II’

Prince William insists it’s possible to end homelessness as Homewards project turns one
Homelessness

Prince William insists it’s possible to end homelessness as Homewards project turns one

UK needs 120,000 new rental homes to cut record-high rents, Rightmove warns
RENTING

UK needs 120,000 new rental homes to cut record-high rents, Rightmove warns

Keir Starmer can ‘only bring real change by fixing the housing emergency’
General election 2024

Keir Starmer can ‘only bring real change by fixing the housing emergency’

From milkshakes to Ed Davey on a paddleboard: The most bizarre moments of the 2024 general election
General election 2024

From milkshakes to Ed Davey on a paddleboard: The most bizarre moments of the 2024 general election

Council spending on homelessness triples in eight years
Homelessness

Council spending on homelessness triples in eight years

I endured homelessness and a decade in UK asylum system to become a stand-up comedian
Refugees

I endured homelessness and a decade in UK asylum system to become a stand-up comedian