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
UK energy bills to fall – but millions still live in dangerously cold and damp homes
Energy bills

UK energy bills to fall – but millions still live in dangerously cold and damp homes

Tories have promised free childcare for working families. But there’s a major problem
Childcare

Tories have promised free childcare for working families. But there’s a major problem

More than half of people on universal credit going without food because they can’t afford it
Food banks

More than half of people on universal credit going without food because they can’t afford it

Millions on universal credit left cold, without food and in debt – because the system is failing us
Helen Barnard

Millions on universal credit left cold, without food and in debt – because the system is failing us

DWP benefit dates for March 2024 and other help as cost of living payments end
Benefits

DWP benefit dates for March 2024 and other help as cost of living payments end

‘We’re running out of babies’: Childcare costs driving parents into debt and to abortion, study finds
Childcare

‘We’re running out of babies’: Childcare costs driving parents into debt and to abortion, study finds

How iconic arts venue graced by Elton John and Amy Winehouse is helping homeless people
Community activism

How iconic arts venue graced by Elton John and Amy Winehouse is helping homeless people

‘It’s awkward and stressful’: Number of young people needing help with money doubles
Money

‘It’s awkward and stressful’: Number of young people needing help with money doubles

UK recession is ‘devastating’ for people living in poverty who have ‘nothing left to cut back’
Recession

UK recession is ‘devastating’ for people living in poverty who have ‘nothing left to cut back’

Jobcentre work coach driven to suicide attempt by ‘bullying’ culture at DWP: ‘I felt worthless’
Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentre work coach driven to suicide attempt by ‘bullying’ culture at DWP: ‘I felt worthless’

It’s a cost of loving crisis: Why young people are getting into thousands in debt looking for love
Life

It’s a cost of loving crisis: Why young people are getting into thousands in debt looking for love

Where to get help as cost of living payments come to an end
Cost of living crisis

Where to get help as cost of living payments come to an end