Clodagh Higginson joins Good Morning Britain

Clodagh Higginson has joined the Good Morning Britain team as Political Correspondent.

“I’m thrilled to be joining such a strong and dynamic team at Good Morning Britain. With the referendum and local elections fast approaching, it’s a fascinating time in British politics. I’m really looking forward to helping set the agenda bright and early every day.” – Clodagh Higginson

ITV’s weekday breakfast magazine show today announced that journalist Higginson will join the team as the new Political Correspondent. Clodagh was Whitehall Editor at the bastion of ‘top quality impartial news reporting’ The Sun newspaper for five years. Having joined the rag as a general news reporter in 2000, she has worked across the breadth of the paper including roles as Los Angeles Correspondent, Consumer Affairs Editor, Home Affairs Correspondent, Acting Business Editor and Political Correspondent.

ITV say she has an impressive history of breaking exclusive political stories and one of her key strengths is making complex political stories relatable to the British public.

Clodagh will take over from Paul Brand from ITV News, who has been covering the role on an interim basis since Sue Jameson left the position in November.

“Clodagh is a first class political journalist, skilled at decoding and animating those complicated but important stories from the corridors of power with the very best of her Westminster-based breed. She won’t be just content with explaining the affairs of state to GMB’s viewers she’ll also be bringing in genuine political scoops. Watch this space.” – Good Morning Britain Editor, Neil Thompson

Good Morning Britain airs on ITV, UTV and STV weekdays from 6am to 8.30am