In 2008, she was part of the press pack during British prime minister Gordon Brown's visits to both Afghanistan and to Beijing for the closing days of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

In the 2015 general election, Coburn presented a live audience Question Time-style debate with the then UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, in Birmingham.

[6] In the 2017 general election, Coburn presented a similar live audience debate with the Green Party co-leader, Jonathan Bartley, and the then UKIP leader, Paul Nuttall, from The Bottle Yard Studios, Bristol.

The debate featured contributions from Harriet Harman, Sir George Young, Lynne Featherstone and Adam Price.

In July 2011, Anand left the programme to present a new show on BBC Radio 5 Live resulting in Jo Coburn becoming a full-time co-presenter from September with Andrew Neil.

[9] Coburn presented the Daily Politics on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays and was joined by Andrew Neil on Wednesdays for coverage of Prime Minister's Questions.