The Andrew Neil Show will “disappear” from BBC schedules as part of the cuts to the corporation’s news operation.
The political discussion programme hosted by Mr Neil had already been removed from the air during the Covid-19 crisis and will not return.
Despite this, Mr Neil himself is in discussions with the BBC about a new BBC One interview show.
In total, the cuts will mean 520 jobs will go, from a workforce of around 6,000 people.
That includes 450 job cuts that were announced as part of an £80m savings drive in January, and then put on hold.
Meanwhile, paper media does not seem to be doing so well as The Guardian has announced that it will cut 180 jobs, including 70 from editorial teams.
The BBC announced in 2016 that it needed to save £800m, with around £80m of that figure coming from News, just over £40m – around half of the savings required – has been found over the past four years.
The BBC delayed a decision to end free TV licences for the over-75s, they claim that this has contributed to a further budget shortfall, meaning that the number of proposed job losses in news has increased by 70 posts.
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