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September 4, 2024updated 05 Sep 2024 12:36pm

BBC to cut 115 jobs in Nations and Regions editorial and production

NUJ says proposed cuts will "further hollow out local news provision".

By Charlotte Tobitt

A BBC employee holds a placard outside Broadcasting House in central London on February 18, 2013, as he mans a picket line during a strike over compulsory redundancies.Today February 18, 2013, BBC journalists began a 24-hour strike in protest at compulsory redundancies, causing possible disruption to the broadcaster's television and radio output. Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) walked out at midnight (local time and GMT) at the end of Sunday's programming, over job cuts which are expected to affect BBC Scotland, Five Live, the Asian Network and the World Service. AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT (Photo credit should read CARL COURT/AFP via Getty Images)
A BBC employee holds a placard outside Broadcasting House in central London during a strike on February 18, 2013. Picture: Carl Court/AFP via Getty Images

The BBC is planning to cut up to 115 editorial and production jobs in the Nations and Regions.

Staff have been told about 40 to 45 jobs are expected to be cut at BBC Local in England by next year.

About 25 to 30 job closures are expected in Wales, the same number in Scotland, and ten to 12 in Northern Ireland.

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