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TV star Ruth Langsford has revealed she doesn't have control over whether she works or not after ITV confirmed a major shake-up is on the horizon. Loose Women is just one of the broadcaster's shows that will face changes , as it is set to be broadcast for 30 weeks instead of 52, alongside job cuts. Lorraine Kelly's flagship daytime show will also be cut to 30 weeks, and will reduce from an hour in length to 30 minutes. In an exclusive interview, Ruth, who hosts the ITV panel show alongside her work on television shopping channel QVC, said: "I never have a plan, because I don't decide if I work or not. "I think people should know by now what I'm good at, what I do, 30-odd years of doing it, so I'm always open to suggestion." Despite the uncertainty, former This Morning host Ruth, who turned 65 earlier this year, insisted that she isn't going to be retiring "anytime soon". The presenter, who has worked at ITV since the 1980s, added: "I've done all sorts of things, obviously, outside ITV as well. And I love working, I've no plans to retire anytime soon." Opening up about her journey with QVC, where she now has her own fashion range, Ruth continued: "QVC came to me kind of left field. "I didn't see it coming, I've never looked for it, I never saw myself as any kind of fashionista at all. And then QVC got in touch with my agents and said, 'Oh, you know, we'd love to have a chat with Ruth', and here we are, seven years later. It's an amazing range, and it's just grown." Ruth went on to praise her colleagues at QVC, branding the company "one of the nicest places I've worked". When the changes at ITV were announced, managing director of ITV's media and entertainment division Kevin Lygo told the BBC : "Daytime is a really important part of what we do, and these scheduling and production changes will enable us to continue to deliver a schedule providing viewers with the news, debate and discussion they love from the presenters they know and trust, as well as generating savings which will allow us to reinvest across the programme budget in other genres. "These changes also allow us to consolidate our news operations and expand our national, international and regional news output and to build upon our proud history of trusted journalism at a time when our viewers need accurate, unbiased news coverage more than ever."
