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

The BBC plans to cut up to 2,000 jobs and save £500 million over two years in its largest workforce reduction in 15 years, with news bearing the deepest

BBC plans to cut hundreds of jobs in its news division as part of a significant downsizing effort.

Britain's BBC is set to cut hundreds of jobs across its core news division next week in the first part of its downsizing, the Financial Times reported on Monday (Jun 15), citing…

Teams across the organisation have been instructed to reduce spending by roughly 10 per cent under broader plans that could lead to around 2,000 jobs being cut. | World News

Insgesamt sollen rund 2000 Arbeitsplätze wegfallen. Hintergrund sind die anstehenden Verhandlungen mit der britischen Regierung über die Finanzierung der öffentlich-rechtlichen…

Zu dem umfassenden Personalabbau bei der BBC sind nun weitere Details bekannt: Einem Bericht zufolge sollen hunderte Stellen in der Nachrichtenredaktion wegfallen. Es gibt bereits…

The BBC plans to cut hundreds of jobs from its news division next week, marking the initial phase of a broader cost-cutting initiative amid ongoing funding discussions.

BBC Layoff 2026: The BBC is preparing to cut approximately 2,000 jobs, equivalent to around 10% of its workforce costs, as part of a wider plan to reduce spending by £500 million…

The BBC is expected to announce hundreds of job cuts across its core news division next week, as the broadcaster begins cost-cutting drive.

La histórica cadena británica BBC se prepara para recortar empleos y posibles servicios como parte de un amplio ajuste financiero.

'Cut to the bone' BBC News faces hundreds of job losses in brutal cost-saving

Move by the new BBC Director General will mean some much loved shows, series and radio programmes are likely to be axed later this year.

The moves are part of the effort by the team of new BBC director general Matt Brittin, a former Google top executive, to slash costs across operations and functions.

Broadcast channels under review and 10% of senior leaders to go as part of drive to cut £500m in costs

The BBC will axe some programming and may impose compulsory redundancies to deliver hundreds of millions of pounds of previously announced savings, its new Director-General Matt…

Matt Brittin confirmed that more than a quarter of the corporation's planned 1,800 to 2,000 redundancies will come from editorial and broadcasting.

Broadcaster announced a host of cost-saving measures

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New BBC director general Matt Brittin has outlined his savings plan, which includes cutting 550 jobs and reducing commissioning spend by $107 million.

Britain's BBC is set to eliminate 550 jobs across its news and content departments. This move is part of a significant £500 million savings initiative over three years. New…