BBC to axe 6,000 jobs?

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Mark Thompson, the BBC DG, who is studying ways to show the government that the corporation is taking the necessary "self-help" measures to earn a new charter, is said to be planning to axe up to 6,000 jobs.

The drastic job cuts are being described officially as "speculative" by the corporation but the unions fear thousands are at risk.

Thompson announced four major reviews on his first day as director general back in June, looking at the BBC's commercial activities, plans to move significant numbers of staff to an enlarged broadcasting and production base in Manchester, production and commissioning at TV Centre in London and a separate move to cut costs across the organisation. All four reviews are likely to result in job cuts. Under Greg Dyke's Directorship the number of staff at the BBC swelled by 4,000.