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
41,000 vulnerable households had their energy debt written off in Catalonia. Is the UK government listening?
Cost of living crisis

41,000 vulnerable households had their energy debt written off in Catalonia. Is the UK government listening?

Is universal credit enough to live on? Here’s why experts say the April increase is ‘too little, too late’
Benefits

Is universal credit enough to live on? Here’s why experts say the April increase is ‘too little, too late’

What’s it like living in rural Scotland during the cost of living crisis?
Cost of living crisis

What’s it like living in rural Scotland during the cost of living crisis?

Turnips and working more hours? Food bank workers say Thérèse Coffey is ‘living on a different planet’
Cost of living crisis

Turnips and working more hours? Food bank workers say Thérèse Coffey is ‘living on a different planet’

One in five people in the UK’s wealthiest areas can’t afford food or pay their bills
Cost of living crisis

One in five people in the UK’s wealthiest areas can’t afford food or pay their bills

Are we doomed to repeat the cost of living crisis? This archive film shows how little has changed in the UK
Cost of living crisis

Are we doomed to repeat the cost of living crisis? This archive film shows how little has changed in the UK

‘£3.3billion for them. Debt and starvation for me’: Vulnerable customers on British Gas’s record profits
British Gas

‘£3.3billion for them. Debt and starvation for me’: Vulnerable customers on British Gas’s record profits

Here’s who is most likely to get help from the ‘bank of mum and dad’
Inequality

Here’s who is most likely to get help from the ‘bank of mum and dad’

What are my rights if I can’t afford to pay my energy bills?
Energy bills

What are my rights if I can’t afford to pay my energy bills?

Social media reacts as Liz Truss claims she was ‘brought down by the left-wing economic establishment’
Liz Truss

Social media reacts as Liz Truss claims she was ‘brought down by the left-wing economic establishment’

100 people making a difference for future generations in Wales
Big Futures

100 people making a difference for future generations in Wales

Time to Talk: ‘Don’t let your debt and mental health struggles bury you’
Time to talk day

Time to Talk: ‘Don’t let your debt and mental health struggles bury you’