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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
Expanding free school meals for all children on universal credit could bring billions in economic gains, government told
Free school meals/ Easter holidays
Free school meals

Expanding free school meals for all children on universal credit could bring billions in economic gains, government told

'They put my life in danger': The crisis in children's mental health services
Image of boy/ Children's mental health
Mental health

'They put my life in danger': The crisis in children's mental health services

'This is austerity 2.0': Outcry as government plots cuts to public spending
Cost of living crisis

'This is austerity 2.0': Outcry as government plots cuts to public spending

Home Office visa delays are 'pushing people into poverty'
a man's silhouette/ visa/ home office immigration policy is pushing people into poverty
Immigration

Home Office visa delays are 'pushing people into poverty'

'People will starve and freeze' if government U-turns on promise to increase benefits
image of person looking sad/ benefits/ universal credit/ inflation
Cost of living crisis

'People will starve and freeze' if government U-turns on promise to increase benefits

Labour would bring in free breakfast clubs at every primary school in England
Image of children eating/ Breakfast clubs/ Labour/ Childcare
Childcare

Labour would bring in free breakfast clubs at every primary school in England

Don't Pay UK says energy bills strike will not take place on October 1
Don't Pay UK/ Energy bills strike
Activism

Don't Pay UK says energy bills strike will not take place on October 1

Kwasi Kwarteng's mini budget branded 'for the richest 1% while the poorest pay the price'
Kwasi Kwarteng/ Mini budget
Mini budget

Kwasi Kwarteng's mini budget branded 'for the richest 1% while the poorest pay the price'

The number of working people facing homelessness is rising sharply
Homelessness

The number of working people facing homelessness is rising sharply

Liz Truss told cutting corporation tax 'will not boost the economy in the cost of living crisis'
Image of Liz Truss/ corporation tax
Cost of living crisis

Liz Truss told cutting corporation tax 'will not boost the economy in the cost of living crisis'

People can now donate the cost of a marmalade sandwich to a food bank
marmalade sandwiches were among the floral tributes
Queen Elizabeth

People can now donate the cost of a marmalade sandwich to a food bank

Volunteers and businesses set up temporary food banks to cover closures on day of Queen's funeral
Volunteers at Earlsfield Foodbank sort food in crates in the middle of a church
Food banks

Volunteers and businesses set up temporary food banks to cover closures on day of Queen's funeral

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