The London-born newsreader, 44, is vowing to tell the truth about her exit from the broadcaster after viewers noticed she had not appeared on the programme for months.
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Mason, the BB s political correspondent and host of Radio 4 s Any Questions? show, was given the biggest brief in journalism yesterday after a long hunt for Laura Kuenssberg s successor.
EXCLUSIVE: New Broadcasting House insiders said there was always a natural point where people move on but there are mounting fears the Corporation will be left with little talent.
Analysis of UK politics from dismissal of London's police commissioner Cressida Dick to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's desperate campaign to retain power