Overview
- During his final live segment from Westminster on December 24, Charlotte Hawkins and Ed Balls delivered on-air tributes to Gaisford’s reporting and service to viewers.
- Gaisford told audiences it had been a privilege to do the job and said he is "out there looking for some new adventures."
- He marked the moment on X with a farewell post reading, "That’s it. Era ended @GMB," and a message calling it the best job in TV news.
- ITV’s director of news Andrew Dagnell praised Gaisford’s contribution and said he looks forward to working with him on current affairs projects.
- Gaisford’s departure caps a tenure spanning GMTV and Daybreak before joining GMB at its 2014 launch, prompting an outpouring of thanks from viewers and the programme’s official accounts.