Laura Kuenssberg has announced she is officially stepping down as the BBC's political editor. After seven years in the job, she will leave the role next Easter in order to take up a senior presenting and reporting position across the corporation on TV, radio and online.
Kuenssberg, raised in Glasgow, succeeded Nick Robinson as political editor in 2015 and was the first woman to hold the position. Read more: Across her career as political editor, she covered the Brexit referendum and the government's handing of the Covid-19 pandemic as well as two general elections.
The senior reporter earned between £260,000 and £264,999 for the job, according to the corporation's most recent annual report.
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