Liam Geraghty is a Deputy Digital Editor (News) at The Big Issue. He focuses on housing, homelessness, and social issues while also covering a range of topics including health and wellness, culture, and society. Liam has been featured in Ocean FM, Highland Radio Donegal, Intercom, and The Big Issue.
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Liam Geraghty's coverage is heavily focused on local social issues, particularly homelessness, housing crisis, and government policy in London. His articles often cite data and government announcements.
To effectively reach out to Liam, consider providing insights or commentary on local government policies related to homelessness and housing crises in London. Additionally, if you have access to relevant data or can offer perspectives on how legal regulations impact these social issues at a local level, it may be of interest to him.
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The government pledged to scrap the Vagrancy Act a year ago, but they have yet to make good on their promise to decriminalise rough sleeping.
Labour’s Social Housing Bill is aiming to limit Right to Buy rules but Lord John Bird has urged ministers to take action on empty homes too.
Rough sleeping will no longer see people fined or given a criminal record for being homeless as the Vagrancy Act is scrapped after 200 years.
Andy Burnham has promised the biggest council housing programme since the post-war period and a housing first philosophy that echoes Finland.
The number of people sleeping rough in London fell 2% in 2025-26, official statistics show, as Sadiq Khan aims to end street homelessness by 2030.
Scarlett Chapman is aiming to house homeless families through Mission: HOME. Being named a Big Issue Changemaker has helped open doors.
Angela Rayner explains what went wrong for Keir Starmer's government and why Andy Burnham shows devolution is key to tackling homelessness.
Housing benefit claimants can afford 1.9% of private rental homes on the market, driving thousands to food banks or at risk of homelessness.
Councils in England have warned that the cost of housing homeless families in temporary accommodation has surged and it is preventing them building new homes.
The heatwaves this summer are disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable – including homeless people and Big Issue vendors
