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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
Learning disability services have faced 'drastic reduction in funding' despite saving NHS money
Kerry Martin speaking at the report launch event in the Houses of Parliament on 6th Feb. Credit: Maya Roberts
Learning disabilities

Learning disability services have faced 'drastic reduction in funding' despite saving NHS money

Pensioners 'reduced to tears' by 'complex' forms when applying for help from DWP
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Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners 'reduced to tears' by 'complex' forms when applying for help from DWP

I was made redundant while on maternity leave – it has scarred me for life
Pregnant then Screwed campaigners
Employment

I was made redundant while on maternity leave – it has scarred me for life

DWP payment dates in March 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
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Benefits

DWP payment dates in March 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

Fats Timbo: 'It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I'm going to change the world'
Fats Timbo
Disability activism

Fats Timbo: 'It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I'm going to change the world'

Scrap two-child benefit cap to prove you're serious about child poverty, Labour told
Child poverty

Scrap two-child benefit cap to prove you're serious about child poverty, Labour told

DWP blew tens of millions in taxpayer cash on fighting disability benefit claims
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Exclusive

DWP blew tens of millions in taxpayer cash on fighting disability benefit claims

Labour reveals plan to 'take everybody into a new digital era': 'It's a difference between us and Tories'
Secretary of State Peter Kyle hosts a launch event for the new Digital Centre of Government
Digital inclusion

Labour reveals plan to 'take everybody into a new digital era': 'It's a difference between us and Tories'

'Heartbreak' for millions of Brits as energy bills to rise by more than expected from April
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Energy bills

'Heartbreak' for millions of Brits as energy bills to rise by more than expected from April

Most households paying £750 a year more for energy bills than before cost of living crisis
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Energy bills

Most households paying £750 a year more for energy bills than before cost of living crisis

More than 24 million Brits don't earn enough for a 'decent standard of living', report finds
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Cost of living

More than 24 million Brits don't earn enough for a 'decent standard of living', report finds

This is the 'most thoughtful and inspiring' food project celebrity chef Levi Roots has ever seen
Levi Roots cuts the ribbon to launch the INI Food and Wellbeing Centre. To his right is Sistah Stella Headley and to his left is Jean-Michel Grand, the chief executive of Action Against Hunger UK.
Food poverty

This is the 'most thoughtful and inspiring' food project celebrity chef Levi Roots has ever seen

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