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
What is happening at the Manston migrant centre?
Immigration

What is happening at the Manston migrant centre?

Big Issue Group launches campaign demanding long-term solutions to protect future generations and break the cycle of poverty
Big Futures

Big Issue Group launches campaign demanding long-term solutions to protect future generations and break the cycle of poverty

‘I begged food bank workers for body wash for my children’: The bleak reality of hygiene poverty in the UK
Cost of living crisis

‘I begged food bank workers for body wash for my children’: The bleak reality of hygiene poverty in the UK

Can you live off £1 a day? We asked experts about the TikTok trend
Cost of living crisis

Can you live off £1 a day? We asked experts about the TikTok trend

Don’t Pay UK supporters are cancelling their direct debits regardless of the consequences
Energy bills

Don’t Pay UK supporters are cancelling their direct debits regardless of the consequences

How graffiti artist Opake overcame addiction and homelessness and is now changing lives
Art

How graffiti artist Opake overcame addiction and homelessness and is now changing lives

Food banks are being forced to cut staple items because of soaring grocery costs
Food banks

Food banks are being forced to cut staple items because of soaring grocery costs

What needs to happen for a general election to be called
Politics

What needs to happen for a general election to be called

Children are ‘eating rubbers and stealing food’ at school because they are hungry
Cost of living crisis

Children are ‘eating rubbers and stealing food’ at school because they are hungry

Food banks warn Liz Truss they’re at ‘breaking point’ in open letter delivered to Downing Street
Food banks

Food banks warn Liz Truss they’re at ‘breaking point’ in open letter delivered to Downing Street

Jeremy Hunt has massively scaled back Liz Truss’s energy bills support
Energy bills

Jeremy Hunt has massively scaled back Liz Truss’s energy bills support

The government promised to help with the cost of living. So how far is the household support fund going?
Cost of living crisis

The government promised to help with the cost of living. So how far is the household support fund going?