EXCLUSIVE: BBC employees’ confidence in the UK broadcaster’s leaders has taken a significant hit after a string of editorial scandals in 2025, including the bust-up with Donald Trump.
In internal communication this week, the BBC revealed the findings of its staff survey, some of which were leaked to Deadline. The research showed that only 34% of workers said they had confidence in the BBC’s executive leadership team.
The 34% figure was down 12 percentage points on the 46% recorded in the 2025 staff survey and was the lowest score during the five-year tenure of ex-director general Tim Davie, who resigned after a BBC Panorama documentary misleadingly edited Trump’s January 6 speech. BBC News CEO Deborah Turness also quit.
BBC staff confidence in leadership dropped to 35% in 2023, when BBC chair Richard Sharp resigned amid controversy over his links to Boris Johnson, the former prime minister.
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