BBC – To cut hundreds of jobs

Hundreds of jobs are expected to be axed by the BBC as it tries to become “leaner and simpler” at a time when it is facing a £150m-a-year shortfall in funding and growing political pressure from the Conservative government.

Tony Hall, the director general, is expected to warn on Thursday that a drop in the number of people paying the licence fee has hit BBC funding harder than previously expected and that the broadcaster must take radical action.

A BBC source said the new round of cuts would be “painful” and involve the reduction of senior and middle managers.

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