Isabella McRae
Isabella McRae
Isabella McRae is a senior reporter at The Big Issue specialising in social justice. She reports on a wide range of issues including poverty and inequality, the benefits system, disability rights, housing, health, immigration, gender equality and much more. Isabella was a winner of the PPA Next Gen Awards in 2023, formerly known as the 30 under 30. She was shortlisted for journalist of the year in the Scope Disability Awards 2024. Get in touch with Isabella through isabella.mcrae@bigissue.com
Patients are dying and facing ‘horrible tragedies’ due to Manchester’s mental health care crisis, staff say
Mental health

Patients are dying and facing ‘horrible tragedies’ due to Manchester’s mental health care crisis, staff say

DWP warned benefit claimants are dying of starvation
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP warned benefit claimants are dying of starvation

DWP payment dates in June 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP payment dates in June 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the half term
Cost of living crisis

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the half term

Disabled protesters say they’ll stop Labour’s benefit cuts – or die trying: ‘I will fight my heart out’
Disability benefits

Disabled protesters say they’ll stop Labour’s benefit cuts – or die trying: ‘I will fight my heart out’

Deaf President Now! and the greatest civil rights movement you’ve probably never heard of
Film

Deaf President Now! and the greatest civil rights movement you’ve probably never heard of

Sam Thompson on his mammoth 260-mile challenge for Soccer Aid: ‘I’ve got to do something’
Charity

Sam Thompson on his mammoth 260-mile challenge for Soccer Aid: ‘I’ve got to do something’

Disability benefit cuts ‘impossible to support’, Starmer told by his own MPs: ‘Cuts create poverty’
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts ‘impossible to support’, Starmer told by his own MPs: ‘Cuts create poverty’

Would reversing winter fuel payment cuts be enough to restore trust in Labour?
Winter fuel payment

Would reversing winter fuel payment cuts be enough to restore trust in Labour?

Disability benefit cuts could be as ‘politically toxic’ as winter fuel payment, Labour warned
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts could be as ‘politically toxic’ as winter fuel payment, Labour warned

UK risks ‘sleepwalking into crisis’ as cashless society shuts out more and more vulnerable people
Money

UK risks ‘sleepwalking into crisis’ as cashless society shuts out more and more vulnerable people

Women in the North miss out on £158m in wages every week compared to rest of England
Women

Women in the North miss out on £158m in wages every week compared to rest of England