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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
Disabled people appointed to co-produce Timms review of PIP: 'This opportunity cannot be wasted'
stephen timms
Disability benefits

Disabled people appointed to co-produce Timms review of PIP: 'This opportunity cannot be wasted'

Drag Race winner Tia Kofi: 'I'm a member of the Green Party. I have cats. I'm invested in nature'
Drag star Tia Kofi in green gloves
LGBTQ+

Drag Race winner Tia Kofi: 'I'm a member of the Green Party. I have cats. I'm invested in nature'

Labour MP calls on government to boost universal credit: 'We need to up our game'
Neil Duncan-Jordan, MP for Poole, speaking in parliament.
Universal credit

Labour MP calls on government to boost universal credit: 'We need to up our game'

'Poverty destroys us': Big Issue founder John Bird urges Labour to set targets to end child poverty
Child poverty

'Poverty destroys us': Big Issue founder John Bird urges Labour to set targets to end child poverty

Bridgerton star Yerin Ha: 'Fame scares me. I don’t want to get swept up by it'
Yerin Ha
TV

Bridgerton star Yerin Ha: 'Fame scares me. I don’t want to get swept up by it'

More than half of people with mental health problems regularly run out of money
empty wallet
Money

More than half of people with mental health problems regularly run out of money

More than four million children set to be in poverty by 2029 despite Labour two-child limit U-turn
A child wearing a teddy bear backpack
Child poverty

More than four million children set to be in poverty by 2029 despite Labour two-child limit U-turn

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?

Johannes Radebe: 'As long as my body will allow, I will do Strictly. That's my sparkly, magical world'
Johannes Radebe at Mamburu community, Limpopo province, South Africa. Image: WaterAid/ Lee-Ann Olwage
Interview

Johannes Radebe: 'As long as my body will allow, I will do Strictly. That's my sparkly, magical world'

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score
person using credit card
Credit

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score

I was born intersex but it was kept secret from me my whole life. I still live with the trauma
Intersex

I was born intersex but it was kept secret from me my whole life. I still live with the trauma

HMRC mistakenly strips 17,000 parents of their child benefit: 'The impact of these errors is brutal'
A stock image of a mother with two babies. Image: Unsplash
Benefits

HMRC mistakenly strips 17,000 parents of their child benefit: 'The impact of these errors is brutal'