GOOD Morning Britain is set for a huge shake-up next month - with the Lorraine show, This Morning and Loose Women also caught up in the changes. Broadcaster ITV has revealed the significant telly tweaks which will see fan-favourite host Ed Balls , 57, grafting in both the evening on July 4 as well as his 6am Good Morning Britain slot the following day. It comes as the channel made public its wider plans for the UK General Election coverage.
Polls open at 7am on Thursday, July 4, with votes closing at 10pm and starting to be counted throughout the night to determine the country's next Prime Minister. Good Morning Britain will play its part with "up-to-the-minute election news and insights" in an extended show on Friday, July 5, when the results and exit polls projections start to roll in. Ed will front the coverage alongside Susanna Reid , 53 - who does not normally present on a Friday - as the constituency votes begin to become clear.
GMB - which ordinarily runs a three-hour show - will be extended for an extra 25 minutes, until 9:25am, meaning the Friday Lorraine show which begins at 9am will be scrapped completely. ITV has also exclusively confirmed to The Sun there will be no Loose Women or This Morning shows that day, in a huge shake-up of the ITV daytime offering. An ITV spokesperson revealed the Good Morning Britain plans and said: "The studio will host the best, brightest, most outspoken and listened to political policy makers and commentators in the country including .
