News of BBC jobs cuts ‘real concern‘, says UK’s culture secretary

Lisa Nandy says BBC staff have been strongly affected and have expressed frustration that high-paid presenters and executives are unlikely to be affected The BBC’s sudden announcement of 2,000 job cuts has had a “very strong effect” on staff, the UK’s culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has said, as employees express frustration that highly paid presenters and senior staff will not be the prime targets of the cuts. Nandy, who has been having conversations with BBC staff during discussions about th...

By Aletha Adu and Mark Sweney

BBC News boss confirms job cuts will impact ‘all departments’

Employees have been warned to prepare for a ‘tough task’ of ‘significantly’ reducing costs

By Laura Harding

All areas of BBC news to be affected by cuts

All areas of BBC News will be affected by cuts, as the corporation looks to slash 2,000 jobs, staff have been told.

BBC Chief “Incredibly Frustrated” After News Of 2,000 Job Cuts Was Leaked To Press

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC’s interim director general has said he is “incredibly frustrated” after news of 2,000 layoffs was leaked to the media before being communicated to staff. Rhodri Talfan Davies told employees on Wednesday that the press briefings had “undermined” his plans to communicate the BBC’s £500M ($678M) savings strategy. Many BBC employees were outraged […]

By Jake Kanter

BBC Will Cut Up To 2,000 Jobs To Save 10% Of Its Budget Over 2 Years

The BBC said earlier this year that it faced "substantial financial pressures" and wanted to cut about a tenth of its budget by 2029.