Marcus Herbert

@MarkUrban01 Jealous

At Radiohead tonight 😁

Our Summer #Grants round is now open! Up to 10k #funding available for non-profits. Find out more, msecharity.com/how-to-apply and take our Eligibility Quiz👉forms.gle/h3dzszpxhi7LYf… Supported by @MoneySavingExp

@stephensackur @TimesRadio Congratulations Stephen

SOME NEWS 🎤 I’m absolutely delighted to be joining @TimesRadio as a presenter of ‘The Times at One’. You want an unstuffy, authoritative take on the news? With the occasional bit of hard talk? Tune in….

@nmcintosh A really exciting project Neil - well done. FYI - I signed up yesterday (or thought I had) but nothing arrived this morning. Have re-registered but maybe worth checking your systems. Unless this is personal 🤣

📣 In The Early Line, Scotland's new morning briefing... Swinney and Sarwar set out their stalls, how to deal with a Musk-shaped problem, and the inflation problem that claimed Canada's PM. Sign up for free, and get your morning line at 7am tomorrow! scotland.earlyline.co/p/swinney-and-…

Anyone in Paris with a box of tissues? Asking for a camera operator #OpeningCeremony

Ooo, now we’ve gone all Monty Python.

Trying to spread the #OpeningCeremony across the whole of the city is lending a slight Willy Wonka Experience feel to the whole thing

Summer 2024 #grants round closing tomorrow at noon due to overwhelming number of applications received. Supported by @MoneySavingExp

Very worrying news about a much-liked former MSE colleague. Hoping he is found safe and well. Do please share.

You'll also be able to send in your questions to Martin during the livestream from 3pm — to do this you'll need to be registered and logged into the MSE App. So head to the links in the tweet above to download the app before you join. ⬆️

Campaigning on behalf of consumers is at the heart of what we do at @MoneySavingExp. Great to see this recognition for the hard work of @katiecampaigns and her small but impactful team. And congratulations to the other nominees

Well done @KitSproson - much deserved

Great to see the fabulous @MollyGreeves getting this well-deserved recognition. And congratulations to all the other nominees.

Now to announce the shortlist for Rising Star of the Year (Consumer) #HMAwards24, sponsored by @scotfriendly... Well done @NoahEastwood9, @MollyGreeves, @rubyhinchliffe, @matthewjenkin, @helen_kirrane & @lilycsrj 🎉 tinyurl.com/dxtr4nt8

@MarkUrban01 The man who launched a thousand office nick names. Not to mention being a brilliant journalist. It was always a pleasure to work with you Mark. Good luck outside the tent - it’s really not bad when you get there.

🚨personal news🚨I’ll be leaving the BBC at the end of May. Newsnight in its current format will end then, so most posts will go. I decided not to apply for other BBC jobs. Working there for 35 yrs has been life defining: an eyewitness to history collaborating with such brilliant colleagues. But it’s time for a change

WE GOT THE WIN ON CHILD BENEFIT! Chancellor tipped me off before budget, said this was due in large to MSE/my shows campaigning all based on all those of your who messaged me to say it was the key thing to put to him So 1) From this April threshold which hasn't moved since 2013 rises from a single parent earning £50,000 to £60,000 and you lose child benefit totally at £80,000 (not £60,000) 2) Consultation on moving it to family income not individual income and hopefully that'll be in place from April 2026 (this is to stop unfairness for single income/single parent) families. #Budget2024 #BudgetXplanations

Our #Grants round is now open! msecharity.com #funding financial life skills projects, up to £8k available. Supported by @moneysavingexp Take our Grant Eligibility Quiz, to see if we can support your organisation. surveymonkey.co.uk/r/MSECharity_E…

Thank you to all the #nonprofits who applied in our September23 Life Changes #grants round. Six organisations were successful in securing grants to deliver essential personal money skills. Find out more at msecharity.com/what-we-fund/r…

@KitSproson I’ll get you started. “Editor in chief…….

School night drinking at 18, 23, 27, 32

Pls share if you support. Many young people are paying £100s/£1,000s fines to the govt to access money they saved to buy a first time house. It's time to #EndLISALockout Today I've contacted the Chancellor @Jeremy_Hunt to ask him to fix Lifetime ISAs in the autumn statement. They're now a dead duck for many 1st time buyers especially in urban areas. The LISA can be opened age 18-39 and then it gives savers a 25% bonus up to £1,000 a year towards a housing deposit. It should be great (& is for many). Yet LISAs launched in 2017 with a £450,000 cap on the property you could use them for. That cap is still the same now, but house prices have gone up 33%. That leaves some who've saved squeezed out. Eg. You saved the max in a LISA for 5yrs: - You put in £20,000, state added £5,000, so you've £25,000 - Yet the home you wanted & saved for is now just above the threshold. - So now you face a 25% penalty to withdraw your money, so you get only £18,750 back that's £1,250 less than you put in, and the different goes to the state. My ask to the Chancellor is simple. Either wipe the fine for those buying houses above the threshold or raise the threshold in line with house price rises (or both). Full info moneysavingexpert.com/news/2023/11/l…