The BBC is set to slash its workforce by almost one in 10 people.
The move, described as the broadcaster’s biggest scaling back in 15 years, is going ahead in a bid to tackle “significant financial pressures.” It’ll mean between 1,800 and 2,000 jobs are cut.
Staff were reportedly informed of the news on Wednesday afternoon in an all-staff meeting, with interim director-general Rhodri Talfan Davies expected to confirm the redundancies. The news comes before former Google executive Matt Brittin takes the reins in the top job in early May.
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The BBC needs to save £500 million ($678 million) over the next two years, and Davies did not rule out axing entire channels or services. “We need to look at everything, and at a scale of £500m inevitably there are going to be some big and some difficult choices, but
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