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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.
'It was like the place was waiting for me': Three Big Issue vendors went to the Lake District – and were transformed
Our vendors

'It was like the place was waiting for me': Three Big Issue vendors went to the Lake District – and were transformed

How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots
UK riots

How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots

Awaab's Law: How AI holds the key to tackling deadly damp and mould in social housing
Switchee is using data to fight damp and mould
Social housing

Awaab's Law: How AI holds the key to tackling deadly damp and mould in social housing

IDLES superfan with Angelman syndrome performs onstage with favourite band
Punk band IDLES and superfan Alastair Smith
MUSIC

IDLES superfan with Angelman syndrome performs onstage with favourite band

'Football is a force for good': Homeless World Cup gets backing from FIFA
Fifa executives Youri Djorkaeff, Gianni Infantino and Arsene Wenger meet Homeless World Cup president Mel Young
Homeless World Cup

'Football is a force for good': Homeless World Cup gets backing from FIFA

Social housing, Elizabeth Line and an old dairy farm in race to be Britain's best new building
Brutalist Park Hill estate in Sheffield
Architecture

Social housing, Elizabeth Line and an old dairy farm in race to be Britain's best new building

Labour urged to set social housing targets and kickstart a 'council house revolution'
Labour deputy prime minister and housing secretary Angela Rayner speaking in Parliament
Housing

Labour urged to set social housing targets and kickstart a 'council house revolution'

'Time to show you're serious': Rough sleeping in London up 29% amid urgent calls for action
A couple rough sleeping under a blanket in London
Rough sleeping

'Time to show you're serious': Rough sleeping in London up 29% amid urgent calls for action

Shocking art project spotlights 'insidious' anti-homeless spikes and hostile architecture
Poster of a homeless person pierced by spkes designed to deter rough sleepers, known as hostile architecture
Homelessness

Shocking art project spotlights 'insidious' anti-homeless spikes and hostile architecture

Truro Big Issue vendor raises £1,000 for dog home that helped him get new puppy
Big Issue vendor Nick Cuthbert
Our Vendors

Truro Big Issue vendor raises £1,000 for dog home that helped him get new puppy

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
uk heatwave
Homelessness

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?

Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs
Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, and Luke Charters, Labour’s candidate for York Outer, speak to apprentices at Persimmon Homes Germany Beck in York.
Social housing

Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs