This Morning cut short and Loose Women pulled off air in TV schedule shake up

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ITV’s popular show Loose Women has been pulled off air today, while This Morning found itself cut short.The channel has had to overhaul its programming today due to the Budget announcement.This Morning normally runs through until 12.30pm but finished 15 minutes earlier at 12.15pm.

Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary have been fronting This Morning all week, with Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard off for half term.

As This Morning ended early, Dermot said: "That's it from us, finishing a little bit earlier today for an ITV news special." Unfortunately for fans of Loose Women, which normally launches its hour of chat and current issues at 12.30pm, the show is cancelled altogether.

At the end of Tuesday's show, Ruth Langsford said: "I've got to stop you there. We are running out of time massively.Thank you so much.That is it for today; we are not here tomorrow.