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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
David Unyime Nkanta

BBC Reveals 550 News Jobs and 700 Corporate Roles Will Be Axed as It Targets £500 Million in Savings

The BBC is to cut 550 jobs from its news, television and radio operations alongside roughly 700 corporate roles, as part of a sweeping restructuring drive aimed at saving £500 million over the next two years.

More than a quarter of the corporation's planned 1,800 to 2,000 redundancies will fall on editorial and broadcasting staff, marking one of the most significant overhauls in the BBC's recent history.

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