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BBC chief Matt Brittin unveils a plan to cut £80M in commissioning spend in 2027–28 and £500M over the next three years, reviewing TV channels and radio networks, potentially cancelling programmes, and slashing 1,800–2,000 jobs (about 550 in News/Nations and 700 in corporate) as the corporation grapples with online audience shifts and a licence-fee funding gap.
The BBC plans to shed up to 2,000 jobs (about 10% of its roughly 21,500 staff) as part of a £600 million, three-year cost-cutting drive—the largest staff reduction in 15 years. Redundancies are to be announced at an all-staff meeting, with interim director general Rhodri Talfan Davies expected to unveil the plan as Tim Davie had just left and Matt Brittin is set to take over in May, in a bid to boost productivity and value for money in a rapidly changing media market.