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.
Online shopping leaves 3m people with mental health problems facing debt
Money

Online shopping leaves 3m people with mental health problems facing debt

Big Issue launches eBikes scheme to support people back into work
Environment

Big Issue launches eBikes scheme to support people back into work

Renters’ lockdown protections will ‘only delay homelessness crisis’
Housing

Renters’ lockdown protections will ‘only delay homelessness crisis’

Covid-19 lockdown: ‘Bringing rough sleepers into hotels helps everybody’
Housing

Covid-19 lockdown: ‘Bringing rough sleepers into hotels helps everybody’

Inside the indie bookshop that opened its doors four days before lockdown
Books

Inside the indie bookshop that opened its doors four days before lockdown

Gordon Brown launches young person jobs guarantee petition
Employment

Gordon Brown launches young person jobs guarantee petition

£5m Comic Relief fund opens to boost social enterprises through pandemic
Activism

£5m Comic Relief fund opens to boost social enterprises through pandemic

Government must avoid homeless ‘tragedy in the making’ during lockdown
Housing

Government must avoid homeless ‘tragedy in the making’ during lockdown

Captain Tom Moore has a message of hope for all of us
Activism

Captain Tom Moore has a message of hope for all of us

Youth homelessness ‘a real, real issue’ as furlough scheme ends
Housing

Youth homelessness ‘a real, real issue’ as furlough scheme ends

40,000 renters could face eviction over winter, say tenants campaigners
Housing

40,000 renters could face eviction over winter, say tenants campaigners

Mesut Özil gives out free school meals as football tackles child food poverty
Activism

Mesut Özil gives out free school meals as football tackles child food poverty