2500 jobs to go at BBC in budget cuts
BBC bosses today announced that 2500 jobs are to be axed at the corporation, confirming workers' worst fears over budget cuts.
Director general Mark Thompson said the BBC would create some new jobs and offer redeployment to other staff. The net loss across the UK will be 1800, as he tries to plug a 2 billion funding shortfall. In Scotland there will 230 job losses, although 130 new positions will be created.
The BBC also confirmed the sale of its iconic Television Centre building in Shepherd's Bush, west London where thousands of staff are based. Union chiefs today warned industrial action was "inevitable".