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Lauren Taylor is a news presenter at BBC News.

She was formerly economics correspondent for ITV News, a role which saw her file major business stories, including the UK’s 2005 Budget, the launch in Toulouse of the new giant Airbus A380, and the future of the 35 hour week in France.

Previously to that Lauren was a political correspondent for ITV News. Her assignments included reporting live on the US 2004 Presidential Election from the Bush headquarters, and newscasting on the day of Tony Blair’s heart operation.

Before taking up her political brief, Lauren reported on a range of major stories including the death of Princess Diana, ETA violence in Spain, the IRA bombing of Manchester, the London Docklands bomb and BSE.

Lauren joined ITN, who produce the news for ITV, as a graduate trainee in 1992.

Lauren had spells at Al Jazeera English and Sky News.

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