The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.
The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.
Yesterday marked 2 years since the UK went into its first lockdown, so we've put together a little montage of all the lovely/silly/emotional things that happened on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show 💛@gregjames
IMPORTANT: Govt plans to hike student loan repayments for
- plan 2 (those from Eng & Wales who started in/after 2012)
- plan 3 (postgrad) loans.
My instant response video briefing on how it works & what it means
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(subtitled version here… https://t.co/3MAxk6Nbaa)
NEWS: Govt to FREEZE student loan repayment threshold (plan 2 & 3) at £27,295/yr income - effectively INCREASING what people pay each year, and what most repay in total.
This April it should've risen by average earnings of 4.6% to around £28,550 for the tax year... cont
Just got a press release telling me the average age for buying a first home has jumped from 29 a decade ago to 32 now. Not that surprising.
I bought my first home at 33 in 2005. What about you?
NEW: Downing Street staff and Boris Johnson pictured drinking wine in the No 10 garden last May when the rest of the country was limited to meeting just one other person socially outdoors.
Via @guardian
https://t.co/Am9Z0qUxo1