Isabella McRae, Author at Big Issue

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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

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Christmas

Christmas on a budget: How to make Bake Off star Sandro Farmhouse’s festive cookies

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Christmas

Christmas dinner on a budget: How to make celeb chef Tom Kerridge’s turkey meatloaf traybake

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Christmas dinner

Christmas on a budget: How to have turkey, stuffing and all the trimmings on the cheap

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Christmas

Trans Secret Santa: How a little bit of happiness over Christmas could save a trans person’s life

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Poverty

Risk of dying from cancer much higher in poorer areas of England, shameful study shows

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Benefits

DWP using AI to assess benefit and universal credit claims poses ‘significant risk’, experts warn

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Cost of living crisis

FoodCycle: The community meal where refugees, ex-prisoners and old friends break bread together

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Service dogs

Comforting the ill and guiding the blind: These amazing service dogs all have very important jobs

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Department for Work and Pensions

DWP faces ‘crisis’ as staff driven to ‘depression’ and ‘sickness’ amid mounting pressure

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Homelessness

‘We can’t stay here forever’: What’s it like spending Christmas inside a homeless hostel?

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Cost of living crisis

‘Poverty is killing children’: How homeless families are fighting to survive this Christmas

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Christmas

Christmas on a budget: How to make Bake Off star Sandro Farmhouse’s festive cookies

Christmas dinner on a budget: How to make celeb chef Tom Kerridge’s turkey meatloaf traybake

Christmas on a budget: How to have turkey, stuffing and all the trimmings on the cheap

Trans Secret Santa: How a little bit of happiness over Christmas could save a trans person’s life

Risk of dying from cancer much higher in poorer areas of England, shameful study shows

DWP using AI to assess benefit and universal credit claims poses ‘significant risk’, experts warn

FoodCycle: The community meal where refugees, ex-prisoners and old friends break bread together

Comforting the ill and guiding the blind: These amazing service dogs all have very important jobs

DWP faces ‘crisis’ as staff driven to ‘depression’ and ‘sickness’ amid mounting pressure

‘We can’t stay here forever’: What’s it like spending Christmas inside a homeless hostel?

‘Poverty is killing children’: How homeless families are fighting to survive this Christmas

Bake Off star Sandro Farmhouse is spreading Christmas cheer with baking and ‘happy days’

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