Isabella McRae, Author at The Big Issue

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 is shortlisted for journalist of the year in the Scope Disability Awards 2024.

Health

Healthy life expectancy in Liverpool is just 58: Most deprived areas of UK need better healthcare

Portrait of Katharyne Tylko, aged 68, of Bath, who is co-founder of the Campaign Against Painful Hysteroscopy

Special report

Women feel 'violated and traumatised' by painful hysteroscopies – and say the NHS misinformed them

Housing

'A national scandal': Nearly 5,000 deaths caused by cold and damp homes last winter

Benefits

DWP falsely accuses single mum of owing £12,000 – when they actually owe her money

Youth homelessness

Young man made homeless aged 11 after fleeing abusive home tells UK government to 'wake up' and help

Disability benefits

DWP could deny benefits to hundreds of thousands of disabled and ill people under new plans

Child poverty

How UK's two-child benefit cap is trapping kids in poverty and pushing families to 'breaking point'

Cost of living crisis

Here's when people will get the cold weather payment as temperatures drop below freezing

Benefits

Rishi Sunak claims he's going to cut taxes by tightening benefits. Here's why it'll backfire badly

Energy bills

Anger as energy firms allowed to resume force-fitting prepayment meters: 'Cruel and dangerous'

Department for Work and Pensions

Tories accused of playing Big Brother with bill giving DWP powers to 'snoop' on bank accounts