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Good Morning Britain’s Charlotte Hawkins is reportedly the first of its stars to be affected by ITV’s job cuts.
The channel have announced a series of cost-cutting changes to the production of its major shows, which also includes Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women.
Charlotte, who celebrated her 50th birthday in May, has been a staple of the ITV breakfast programme since its launch in 2014 after she left Sky News.
And now she will reportedly take news shifts across the ITV schedule, not just GMB.
The star made her News at Ten debut last week and will also be doing the lunchtime slot.
‘Charlotte will read the news across the schedule. She’ll still read on GMB but also the lunchtime, evening and News at Ten.
Good Morning Britain star Charlotte Hawkins is reportedly the first star to be affected by the major job shake-up amid ITV cuts
‘It’s a major change because she was solely contracted for GMB,’ a source told The Sun.
Daily Mail have contacted Charlotte’s representatives and ITV for comment.
Earlier this month Good Morning Britain staff were said to have been left furious about having to bring in their own breakfast to work as the ITV budget cuts pulled tight on the purse strings.
The presenters are among the ITV staff who were allegedly told that their new workspace won’t have toasters to make breakfast as the show relocates to the ITN studios.
Susanna Reid is thought to be among the stars of the show who attended a meeting this week where staff were notified the machines are banned due to health and safety.
An insider told The Sun: ‘It is mutiny down at Good Morning Britain HQ.
‘The new offices’ kitchen is in a basement with no windows or natural light, so smoke from a toaster is a serious health hazard.
The star made her News at Ten debut last week and will also be doing the lunchtime slot as she fills news slots across the whole schedule
Susanna Reid was among the ITV staff who were told their breakfast canteen would be no longer due to budget cuts
‘Everyone will have to start bringing in their Tupperware packed breakfasts.’
Meanwhile ITV‘s big-hitting daytime shows will soon be moving to a new shared studio space.
Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women will relocate in January to the basement studio of London‘s The H Club Studio, a former private members’ club in Covent Garden.
Almost 900 hours of live daily programming a year will be produced at the new studio, which features a 360-degree set with LED walls to project the backgrounds for the different shows.
Instead of separate spaces, the three series, which air back-to-back on weekdays on ITV, will use one gallery, with a quick turn around plan of the space between shows.
The space, which is across two floors, will also be open to other ITV shows outside of the daytime schedule.
The move to The H Club studio in London’s Covent Garden, (pictured), offers state of the art technology
Managing Director at ITV Studios Daytime Emma Gormley said: ‘As we work towards more cutting edge and efficient ways to produce Daytime shows in 2026.
‘This move to The H Club studio offers state of the art technology that we can use across our programmes to create shows that are distinctive – with a look and feel that are familiar to and loved by our viewers.
‘In a time of transformation for the entire industry, I want to thank all our Daytime teams for their dedication and skill in producing high-quality, compelling live shows every day throughout this period.’
The move was announced as part of a wider shake-up to the ITV schedule, which will see Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women produced by one team.
