NUJ starts formal ballot for industrial action over compulsory redundancies at the BBC
The NUJ has voted to move to a formal ballot of all members at the BBC for industrial action in opposition to any compulsory redundancies at the corporation.
Local journalists use Radio Leeds anniversary to highlight cuts to its service
Their concerns were echoed by MPs from all parties, the length and breadth of England, in a House of Commons backbench debate.
DM2023: broadcasting
Widescale cuts to the BBC are denying some of the most vulnerable people, locally and globally, access to trusted news.
BBC journalists to vote on latest plans for local radio
Following negotiations with the NUJ, the BBC has made concessions on the drastic cuts it had proposed. Members are now considering if they will be enough.
Peers asked to support proper funding of the World Service
The BBC’s reputation as a world-class broadcaster is being severely undermined by cuts to the World Service.
NUJ World Service briefing December 2022
The BBC is cutting the World Service’s budget by £28.5m per year from April 2023, with 382 posts (almost one in five) to go. This NUJ briefing explains the impact of the cuts to the service.
“Biggest threat ever” to BBC local radio
Significant cuts will mean shared programming across the network.
Save BBC News Channel MPs' invitation
Invitation letter to MPs to the Parliamentary briefing with presenters and journalists at the BBC News Channel and BBC World News on Wednesday 19 October.
Join the campaign to save the BBC News Channel and BBC World News
The BBC is to close them down, with the loss of 70 journalists, and create a new channel by next April
NUJ BBC News Channel/BBC World briefing
The decision to close the BBC News Channel and BBC World News and create a new rolling news service in April 2023, with 70 fewer journalists, is a major mistake.