THE BBC is set to cut up to 30 jobs in Scotland as the corporation seeks to make "targeted savings".
According to the Press Gazette, around 115 editorial and production jobs in the Nations and Regions are on the chopping block.
This includes between 25 — 30 job closures in Scotland, with a similar number in Wales and up to 12 in Northern Ireland.
Up to 45 jobs will also be lost at BBC Local teams in England by next year.
A note to staff in BBC Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC Northern Ireland said management was aiming to "deliver the savings without closing any major services” and make “smart, targeted savings - focusing our resources on the areas that deliver maximum value for audiences."
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It added that they would seek to “maintain our online growth across News, iPlayer, Sport and Sounds ” and “avoid disrupting those areas that saw the biggest changes last time round”.
The general secretary of the National Union of Journalists, Michelle Stanistreet, said the cuts would further "hollow out" local news provision.
“Coming on the back of a painful cull across BBC Local, these latest cuts across its regions and nations will further hollow out local news provision at a time when resources are stretched to breaking point," she said.
A BBC spokesperson said: “We have been clear that the significant funding pressures we face means that every division in the BBC needs to make savings. In July we said that we expected to see an overall reduction of around 500 BBC public service roles by March 2026.
“BBC Nations announced today that it expects to close up to 115 posts in editorial and production teams by next year as part of these plans. This represents around 3% of the division’s staffing. A number of further redundancies are anticipated in the division’s operations departments, but these will be shared directly with the teams affected first.
“While challenging, we aim to make these savings – as far as is possible – through voluntary redundancy and we can confirm that we expect to deliver the changes without closing any major services. In addition, there will no programme changes or savings impacting on BBC Local Radio output.”
It comes after Ofcom granted approval for BBC Scotland to cut its peak-time TV news output in half.
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