This Morning's Holly and Phil ended their show early to make way for Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement
The morning chat show kicked off as its usual time but was suddenly cut short without any prior warning from producers. Airing daily from 10 am until 12:30 pm, which is when Loose Women takes over, fans were cut short of a whopping 80 minutes.
The show was dropped just before 11am to hand over to Downing Street for the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt to deliver the Autumn Statement.
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Briefly issuing a statement to viewers, Phil said: "We are finishing the show early today, to cross live to Julie Etchingham in the ITV newsroom as they bring you coverage of that Autumn Budget."
Viewers weren't happy to see the show being pulled for the fourth time in the last few months, with the previous reasons being former Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss either confirming or leaving their seats in Downing Street.
One fan said: "So they’ve binned #ThisMorning for the #AutumnBudget why not keep news on news channels, there’s enough of them."
Another added: "Hands up if you’d rather have another hour or so of #ThisMorning than news coverage of the Chancellor’s statement..."
During the budget, Mr Hunt promised to “tackle the cost-of-living crisis” and “rebuild our economy” as he set out plans for tax rises and spending cuts.
The Chancellor said there would be a “shallower downturn” as a result of his measures but the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) believed the economy was “now in recession”.
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