Isabella McRae
Isabella McRae is a senior reporter and feature writer 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
Love Island winner Toni Laites: 'My entire prize fund went on rent. I was living off my savings'
Toni Laites is Love Island's first American contestant.
Interview

Love Island winner Toni Laites: 'My entire prize fund went on rent. I was living off my savings'

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind William Kamkwamba: ‘Hunger changes people’
Interview

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind William Kamkwamba: ‘Hunger changes people’

Should we have to pay more council tax from April?
a person holding open an empty wallet
Council tax

Should we have to pay more council tax from April?

Striking photos show Israeli and Palestinian mothers walking barefoot through Rome to call for peace
Mothers from The Barefoot Walk. It's a global movement of Israeli and Palestinian mothers standing together to ignite hope and end the cycle of violence
Gaza

Striking photos show Israeli and Palestinian mothers walking barefoot through Rome to call for peace

Nearly two children in every classroom relying on food banks: 'A national emergency'
Children together writing on book
Cost of living

Nearly two children in every classroom relying on food banks: 'A national emergency'

Is the cost of living crisis back? And will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis back? And will prices in the UK ever come down?

This Debt Awareness Week, we want people to know it's nothing to be ashamed of
Money

This Debt Awareness Week, we want people to know it's nothing to be ashamed of

Perfect Show for Rachel presents a joyful world of possibility for disabled people
Rachel and her sister Flo and their mother, who also stars in the show. Image: Ikin Yum
Theatre

Perfect Show for Rachel presents a joyful world of possibility for disabled people

Kinship carers forced to turn to food banks after taking in vulnerable children
Sarah, a kinship carer who took in her two-year-old nephew.
Kinship carers

Kinship carers forced to turn to food banks after taking in vulnerable children

Nearly one in three women consider quitting jobs due to menopause: 'I felt like a shadow of myself'
Isobel
Menopause

Nearly one in three women consider quitting jobs due to menopause: 'I felt like a shadow of myself'

I'm worried that even more disabled children could get lost within the SEND system after reforms
Cara Roughani and her son Jayden.
SEND

I'm worried that even more disabled children could get lost within the SEND system after reforms

What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?
Children in a classroom
SEND

What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?