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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.
Prison crisis: Early release scheme could see hundreds of prisoners released into homelessness
Barbed wire on a wall at a prison
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 leaver Bayley Tubman with her 'aunties'
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'
A homeless person is interviewed on the streets of Sutton
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
Prince William at a meeting to launch Homewards, his mission to end homelessness
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
A sign reading 'For Rent'
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’
Shelter activists hold up banner targeting Keir Starmer which reads:
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
Rishi Sunak, Ed Davey, Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer on the general election campaign trail
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
silhouette of person looking out of the window
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
Refugee Week ambassador Nico Ndlovu
Refugees

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

The homelessness crisis cannot continue: Are the major parties' promises enough to tackle it?
homelessness
Rick Henderson

The homelessness crisis cannot continue: Are the major parties' promises enough to tackle it?

Benefits, bills and safe routes for refugees: All the issues the major parties aren't talking about
Sunak and Starmer debate
General election 2024

Benefits, bills and safe routes for refugees: All the issues the major parties aren't talking about

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