ITV boss grilled about This Morning's 'toxic and miserable' environment as MP mocks Holly's speech

dailyrecord.co.uk:

MPs today grilled an ITV boss on claims of 'bullying' at This Morning following allegations of a 'toxic and unhappy' environment at the daytime show.Group Director of Strategy, Policy and Regulation at ITV Magnus Brooke sat down in front of politicians after the show came under fire following Phillip Schofield's admission of an affair with a younger colleague.Many questions had been raised about ITV bosses covering the affair up as former staff members have claimed that there is a toxic atmosphere on the show and also behind the scenes bullying.And today, Magnus faced a barrage of questions and MP John Nicolson began the hearing by asking Brooke whether he was "okay" which was a reference to Holly Willoughby's statement she made on Monday.Brooke responded saying he was “fine” before the questioning commenced.Nicolson said: “It’s the question du jour at This Morning.

I spent some time at the weekend talking to whistleblowers from ITV including people who work and have worked at This Morning.

It seems like a very unhappy place.“Are you satisfied with the duty of care that the editorial team and senior managers provide to staff, especially young staff working there and at ITV more generally?”Magnus replied: "I think there's a there's a very sophisticated and a significant system of safeguarding, and duty of care at ITV with a very significant set of policies.

We have a code of conduct, which sets out our expectations about how people behave, and deals with a number of different issues."We have opportunities to respect, dignity and understanding.