Victoria Kennedy, Lorraine's long-time editor, will leave the ITV daytime show at the end of the year as the broadcaster tightens its daytime budget. ITV has announced plans to axe more than 220 jobs and reshape its daytime schedule, with Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women due to air for only 30 weeks a year starting in January and with Lorraine's runtime cut from 60 minutes to 30 minutes.\n\nKennedy has helmed Lorraine for more than eight years. She revealed the news in a Friday LinkedIn post, stating that this year will be her last as Editor. "September is always an important month for us on Lorraine – the launch of a new season as we go into my favourite time of the year to make this show," she wrote. She noted that September's new-season BARB ratings are the highest in three years and that the show gathered about 37 million video views across social last month. She also credited her team for "getting up at 3am" and for their flexibility in adjusting running orders when news breaks, and for caring about what the audience wants to see at 9 a.m. live on weekdays. "Making live daytime telly is relentless and exhausting but it is also a magical privilege to be in people's living rooms as they start their day," she added. The post also teased future content, including having Ross King MBE back in the UK for the Strictly Come Dancing challenge.\n\n\n\nITV's daytime strategy is shifting to a single, shared studio. Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women will relocate in January to The H Club Studio in Covent Garden, a basement space designed to accommodate back-to-back daytime shows on one gallery. The new two-floor facility will host nearly 900 hours of live daily programming per year, with a 360-degree set and LED walls that can project interchangeable backdrops for different shows.\n\nEmma Gormley, Managing Director at ITV Studios Daytime, said the move will enable cutting-edge, efficient production in 2026 and will use technology across shows while keeping a familiar viewer look. She thanked Daytime teams for delivering high-quality live shows during the transition.\n\nThe move forms part of a broader schedule shake-up, with ITV saying Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women will be produced by a single team. The company noted that the new space will be open to other ITV daytime programs.\n\nKennedy's departure underscores the upheaval in ITV's daytime arm as the network refocuses production and schedules ahead of 2026.