Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleIt is the biggest cuts to hit the Corporation in 15 years (Ian West/PA)The BBC has announced a savings plan for its news services, aiming to cut costs by £160 million. The budget cuts will result in 550 job losses in BBC News, TV, and radio, alongside 700 corporate role reductions. Six shows on BBC Radio 4, including The World Tonight and the Midnight News, are being cancelled. BBC One will no longer broadcast a Sunday morning edition of BBC Breakfast from September, with the BBC News Channel simulcast instead. The Today programme on Radio 4 will reduce its permanent presenters from five to four, and only one anchor will present on Saturdays. In fullBBC to axe Radio 4 Today host and reduce BBC Breakfast in huge cutsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
BBC slashes popular TV and radio shows – with hundreds of jobs also axed in huge cuts
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleIt is the biggest cuts to hit the Corporation in 15 years (Ian West/PA)The BBC has announced a savings plan for its news services, aiming to cut costs by £160 million. The budget cuts will result in 550 job losses in BBC News, TV, and radio, alongside 700 corporate role reductions. Six shows on BBC Radio 4, including The World Tonight and the Midnight News, are being cancelled. BBC One will no longer broadcast a Sunday morning edition of BBC Breakfast from September, with the BBC News Channel simulcast instead. The Today programme on Radio 4 will reduce its permanent presenters from five to four, and only one anchor will present on Saturdays. In fullBBC to axe Radio 4 Today host and reduce BBC Breakfast in huge cutsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
