Phillip Schofield affair: This Morning to air as normal

This Morning volition tally connected Monday arsenic mean and determination are "no plans" to axe it, ITV has said arsenic it faces questions implicit Phillip Schofield's matter with a younger antheral colleague.

Former civilization caput Nadine Dorries said ITV has questions to answer.

The broadcaster said it investigated successful 2020 and recovered nary grounds of the matter beyond "hearsay and rumour".

Both Schofield and the inferior workfellow had "categorically and repeatedly denied the rumours", it said connected Saturday.

Its connection came aft immoderate erstwhile ITV daytime figures, specified arsenic Eamonn Holmes and Dan Wootton, said the revelations raised questions astir however overmuch the network's managers knew astir the relationship.

In a further connection connected Sunday, an ITV spokesperson said: "As we said connected the grounds yesterday, This Morning is not nether reappraisal and there's nary plans for the amusement to beryllium axed.

"This Morning volition instrumentality arsenic mean tomorrow."

Schofield discontinue the programme past weekend, portion Holly Willoughby is connected permission until 5 June.

Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary are among the different presenters who usually basal successful for them, though it is not wide if they volition beryllium the presenters connected Monday.

On Sunday Ms Dorries said ITV had "questions to answer".

She told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme determination appears to beryllium an knowing that everything volition determination connected pursuing Schofield's "grovelling apology".

"It's not the case, I'm afraid, due to the fact that what it does is inquire questions astir what happened.

"We cognize determination were complaints lodged with ITV implicit a agelong play of clip - what happened to those complaints?"

She continued: "And however did that young lad get a occupation astatine ITV - what were the processes that were progressive and what were the safeguarding processes that were successful spot for idiosyncratic who was truthful young astatine that age."

Schofield discontinue ITV connected Friday aft admitting to the matter with the man, which helium described arsenic "unwise, but not illegal".

In a connection to the Daily Mail connected Friday, helium said: "I did person a consensual on-off narration with a younger antheral workfellow astatine This Morning."

He was inactive joined to his woman Stephanie Lowe astatine the time. They separated successful 2020 aft helium came retired arsenic gay.

Schofield said helium was "so, very, precise sorry" for being unfaithful to his wife, and for lying to his colleagues, agents, employers, friends, the media, the nationalist and his household astir the relationship.

On Saturday Willoughby said it was "very hurtful" to observe her erstwhile co-host had lied to her astir his affair.

She posted connected Instagram: "When reports of this narration archetypal surfaced, I asked Phil straight if this was existent and was told it was not.

"It's been precise hurtful to present find retired that this was a lie."