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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Cost of living crisis

UK faces its ‘worst food crisis in a very long time’, expert warns

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Cost of living crisis

Food price comparison site that helps ‘hundreds of thousands of people’ faces closure

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Cost of living crisis

What businesses can do to help tackle the cost of living crisis

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Cost of living crisis

7 million families have missed out on food and hot water this year due to the cost of living crisis

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Cost of living crisis

People are eating less healthy food because of the cost of living crisis

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Cost of living crisis

Brits are donating more to charity despite the cost of living crisis

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Levelling up? How regional inequality has changed since 1997

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Employment crisis

The UK is facing a huge skills gap — and Big Issue Group plans to do something about it

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At least £32bn of tax went unpaid last year amid cost of living crisis

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Campaigners call for a million people to cancel their energy bills if government refuses to act

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More than eight million families to get new cost of living payment in July

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Cost of living crisis

These charts show the extent of the cost of living crisis as inflation hits 40-year high

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