It shouldn't be this hard for British Gas, which makes huge profits every year, to pay us back £130. I can't imagine how difficult it must be for others who don't have the capacity, means or time to fight for their money back...

“My appearance is the least hard part about my condition. It’s the physical stuff that’s traumatic. It’s all that stuff that makes living with an illness so debilitating” Nikki Lilly is on her way to being a superstar. It was a pleasure to chat to her bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

📢 MPs vote on the government’s welfare bill today. What happens in Parliament could reshape life for hundreds of thousands of people. At Big Issue, we've been reporting on it from every angle – policy, politics and personal stories. Here’s what you need to know 🧵👇 (1/10)

In the aftermath of the vote on the welfare bill last night, I spoke to the BBC's Access All podcast about what it means going forward for disabled people – and about the devastating impact all this has had on people over the last year bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

I interviewed MP 💙Rachael Maskell MP about her suspension from Labour, her fear's for the party's future and what needs to change to move the country in a positive direction bigissue.com/news/politics/…

Are you a first time buyer with a Lifetime ISA (LISA) or Help to Buy ISA facing challenges? Are you struggling to find a place to live because the cap on properties hasn't gone up with house prices? I want to hear from you for a piece for the Big Issue! #journorequest

Glasgow City Council confirmed to me it had known this was a dangerous building for years. But costs and the fact the building was listed led to delays. Its collapse in July left residents homeless, their lives uprooted, and feeling lucky no one was hurt bigissue.com/news/housing/g…

A lovely surprise to come back from annual leave to find out a story I did on cuckooing has been shortlisted for best news story at the Anti-Slavery Day Awards! Thank you to HumanTraffickingFdn humantraffickingfoundation.org/antislavery-da… bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

Looking to chat to international students today with thoughts around the UK government's plans to crackdown on asylum claims and overstaying visas. For Big Issue. My email's in my bio! #journorequest

“When the child poverty strategy arrives we need to see decisive action – an end to both the two-child limit on benefits & the benefit cap”: Barnardo’s CEO Lynn Perry MBE in Big Issue bigissue.com/news/social-ju… thx Isabella McRae

In 2014, Hackney Council sold a property under Right to Buy for £95,050 In 2021, they bought it back off the ex-tenant for £365,000 In just 6 and 1/2 years, the council lost £269,950 on a single property It's not an isolated example. Big Issue has uncovered 100+ 'Yo-yo Homes'

I've spent a few months working on a series of articles on abortion rights in the UK. The first piece is out today. Abortion is a step closer to decriminalisation in England and Wales, but with the rise of right-wing rhetoric, are rights still at risk? bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

There are pregnancy advice centres across the UK which are actively misinforming women about abortion. Some have been left "traumatised". I've been investigating this phenomenon. Read it here ⬇️ bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

The winner of the best news piece category is Isabella Mcrae Big Issue 'Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people's homes and using them as drug dens' bigissue.com/news/social-ju… Congratulations Isabella! 🏆

Congratulations to Isabella McRae on her award-winning piece of journalism on cuckooing in London.

Hi 👋 It’s Isabella McRae, senior reporter at the Big Issue here. This week, we have published a series of articles about abortion rights in the UK 🪧 Abortion is one step closer to decriminalisation in England and Wales, but are rights still at risk? bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

Utterly shocking story from Isabella McRae Whose lives - and deaths - matter? bigissue.com/life/health/le…

"It's frustrating, it's infuriating, and it's got this quite sinister element to it" I went on the PoliticsJOE podcast to talk all things Yo-yo Homes with Ava-Santina. A thrill! youtube.com/watch?v=cmvQvh…