Greg Barradale
Greg is a Senior Reporter for the Big Issue. He reports on social affairs ranging from asylum and homelessness, to public transport and protests. He was a winner of the News and Investigations category at the MHP 30toWatch awards 2023, and was shortlisted for feature writer of the year at the 2023 BSME Talent Awards. If you've got a story which you think needs covering, email him at greg.barradale@bigissue.com
More than 16 million people in poverty, report finds – with deprivation at highest level in decades
Social Justice

More than 16 million people in poverty, report finds – with deprivation at highest level in decades

'Time to dump the housing ladder': Inside the fightback against the temporary housing crisis
A group of people protest in Hastings
Temporary Accommodation

'Time to dump the housing ladder': Inside the fightback against the temporary housing crisis

Energy bills set to rise in January as millions 'dangerously' rationing heating
a woman sitting in a bed wrapped in a duvet
Energy bills

Energy bills set to rise in January as millions 'dangerously' rationing heating

'Punitive' asylum system pushing refugees into homelessness: 'It's fuelling injustice'
a person sleeping on a dark street
Homelessness

'Punitive' asylum system pushing refugees into homelessness: 'It's fuelling injustice'

'Don’t judge the person you’re playing': Say Nothing actor Josh Finan on playing Gerry Adams
Josh Finan as Gerry Adams in Say Nothing
TV

'Don’t judge the person you’re playing': Say Nothing actor Josh Finan on playing Gerry Adams

Farming is the country's least diverse industry. Meet the man on a mission to change it
Farming

Farming is the country's least diverse industry. Meet the man on a mission to change it

My son died after taking deadly nitazenes, aged 33. Why did nobody save his life?
Drug deaths

My son died after taking deadly nitazenes, aged 33. Why did nobody save his life?

Vulnerable asylum seekers need lawyers. Here's how Labour can fix the legal aid scandal
Home secretary Yvette Cooper
Sairah Javed

Vulnerable asylum seekers need lawyers. Here's how Labour can fix the legal aid scandal

'It could have been from Gordon Brown': Experts weigh in on how radical Labour's budget really is
Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares for the autumn budget 2024
Autumn budget

'It could have been from Gordon Brown': Experts weigh in on how radical Labour's budget really is

A penny off pints and higher wages: What Rachel Reeves' budget means for you and your bank account
Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of the autumn budget 2024
Autumn budget

A penny off pints and higher wages: What Rachel Reeves' budget means for you and your bank account

Nitazenes: Harm reduction advice to help keep safe
A syringe of naloxone
Drugs

Nitazenes: Harm reduction advice to help keep safe

Meet the only scientist who knows just how bad the UK's drug deaths crisis truly is
a red hand holds a pill on a yellow background
Drugs

Meet the only scientist who knows just how bad the UK's drug deaths crisis truly is