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
More than 24 million Brits don’t earn enough for a ‘decent standard of living’, report finds
Cost of living

More than 24 million Brits don’t earn enough for a ‘decent standard of living’, report finds

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

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

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?

36 places where kids can eat free or for £1 in February half term
Cost of living crisis

36 places where kids can eat free or for £1 in February half term

This is the ‘most thoughtful and inspiring’ food project celebrity chef Levi Roots has ever seen
Food poverty

This is the ‘most thoughtful and inspiring’ food project celebrity chef Levi Roots has ever seen

It’s been a decade since UK inflation fell to 0%. Here’s why that’s ‘actually quite a bad thing’
Inflation

It’s been a decade since UK inflation fell to 0%. Here’s why that’s ‘actually quite a bad thing’

Disabled Brits suffering ‘unacceptably poor’ treatment at hands of the DWP, damning report finds
Disability benefits

Disabled Brits suffering ‘unacceptably poor’ treatment at hands of the DWP, damning report finds

Labour must invest in benefits system to lift children out of poverty, shameful report finds
Child poverty

Labour must invest in benefits system to lift children out of poverty, shameful report finds

James O’Brien on being adopted and why he hasn’t met his birth mum: ‘So much of life is luck’
Adoption

James O’Brien on being adopted and why he hasn’t met his birth mum: ‘So much of life is luck’

How Ballet Shoes became a timeless story about the power of choosing your family
Theatre

How Ballet Shoes became a timeless story about the power of choosing your family

Disability benefits such as PIP are actually good for the economy, economists say
Disability benefits

Disability benefits such as PIP are actually good for the economy, economists say

DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as ‘one of the biggest assaults on welfare in a generation’
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as ‘one of the biggest assaults on welfare in a generation’