ABC announces job losses amid biggest restructure since 2017

The ABC has announced its biggest restructure since 2017. Managing director, David Anderson, said ‘we will seek to redeploy as many affected employees as possible’. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

A major ABC restructure will see the abolition of the separate regional and radio division and lead to redundancies of management and staff.

The managing director of the ABC, David Anderson, has moved to assure staff the biggest restructure since 2017 does not mean the importance of the regional bureaux or radio is being downgraded.