Isabella McRae
Isabella McRae is a senior reporter at The Big Issue. She reports on a wide range of issues across social affairs and culture. Isabella was awarded Best News Story at the Anti-Slavery Day Awards in 2025. She was also a winner of the PPA Next Gen Awards in 2023, formerly known as the 30 under 30, and was shortlisted for journalist of the year in the Scope Disability Awards 2024. Get in touch with Isabella through isabella.mcrae@bigissue.com
How to volunteer at a food bank
volunteers arrange food donations along rows of crates on tables
Food banks

How to volunteer at a food bank

David Copperfield review – an intimate and utterly joyful take on Charles Dickens' epic novel
Eddy Payne as David Copperfield at the Jermyn Street Theatre.
Theatre

David Copperfield review – an intimate and utterly joyful take on Charles Dickens' epic novel

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?
Autumn budget

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?

'Landmark moment': Rachel Reeves scraps two-child limit to lift 350,000 kids out of poverty
Autumn budget

'Landmark moment': Rachel Reeves scraps two-child limit to lift 350,000 kids out of poverty

Most girls drop out of sport by puberty. Teenage athlete Issey Kyson is on a race to change that
Sport

Most girls drop out of sport by puberty. Teenage athlete Issey Kyson is on a race to change that

Most people with diabetes have faced shame and judgement: 'It's as voluntary as getting a cold'
Sam Buchanan on the red carpet promoting Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black.
Diabetes

Most people with diabetes have faced shame and judgement: 'It's as voluntary as getting a cold'

Criminals to be stopped from smuggling puppies: 'Thousands are taken from their mothers far too young'
pip and squeak, smuggled puppies
Animal welfare

Criminals to be stopped from smuggling puppies: 'Thousands are taken from their mothers far too young'

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?

Scottish minister remains 'concerned' Labour's child poverty strategy will lack impact
Scottish social justice minister Shirley-Anne Somerville on the day she announced Scotland would mitigate the two-child limit.
Child poverty

Scottish minister remains 'concerned' Labour's child poverty strategy will lack impact

'I spent my burial fund on repairs': Pensioners in poverty pushed to breaking point by unexpected bills
Pension poverty

'I spent my burial fund on repairs': Pensioners in poverty pushed to breaking point by unexpected bills

Britain's obesity crisis is driven by poverty and bad food. But are weight-loss jabs really the answer?
A person stepping onto weighing scales
Health

Britain's obesity crisis is driven by poverty and bad food. But are weight-loss jabs really the answer?

BBC Radio 1's Matt Edmonson: 'I'm no Martin Lewis, but I've always been quite frugal'
Money

BBC Radio 1's Matt Edmonson: 'I'm no Martin Lewis, but I've always been quite frugal'