New BBC presenter announced after previous star QUIT show after 28 years on air

VICKI Young is set to become the new presenter of Politics Live after Jo Coburn stepped down from the role.

The Politics Live host seat was left vacant when Jo Coburn announced she was leaving the show after 28 years at the Beeb.

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Jo Coburn is stepping down from presenting Politics Live[/caption]

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She will be replaced by fellow BBC presenter, Vicki Young[/caption]

She hosted the daily weekday politics show since it launched in 2018, but the BBC today announced Vicki would replace her, beginning in June.

Young has also worked at the BBC for more than two decades and is best known to audiences as the broadcaster’s deputy political editor.

“I’m delighted to join Politics Live as its next presenter at a time when political events, here and abroad, are of huge interest to our audiences,” Vicki said in a statement released by the BBC.

“I’ll be discussing all the key issues with our panellists and politicians, giving them their say of course, but holding them to account too as I know Politics Live viewers expect.”

Young added: “I want to give a special mention to my friend and talented colleague Jo Coburn. It’s a privilege to follow in her footsteps.”

Vicki started as a reporter at BBC Wales 25 years ago before joining the parliamentary team at Westminster.

She has covered eight General Elections, numerous international summits, and has been a presenter on the BBC News Channel and Westminster Hour on Radio 4.

During her career she has reported complex stories from Brexit to the coronavirus pandemic

Coburn announced last month she would be leaving the daily political show.

“What a privilege to have been in the hot seat of the Daily Politics and then Politics Live covering the tumultuous events of the last decade or so,” she said.

“It’s time to move on and hand over to someone else but I’ve loved it all, especially the people I’ve worked with and the hundreds of guests who’ve kept me company in the studio every day.”

Coburn previously presented BBC Two‘s Daily Politics with Andrew Neil, before taking on the lead presenter role for Politics Live when it replaced Daily Politics.

She has appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the Six and Ten bulletins and the BBC News Channel.

During her BBC career she anchored live coverage of six chancellors’ budgets, covered eight general elections and hosted overnight by-election specials.

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Politics Live is a daily weekday show about national politics[/caption]