{"id":157548,"date":"2023-04-16T10:39:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T05:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/top-bbc-stars-sent-redundancy-letters-as-broadcaster-tries-to-cut-millions-from-its-budget\/"},"modified":"2023-04-16T10:40:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T05:10:50","slug":"bbc-redundancies-top-stars-of-the-bbc-are-being-sent-letters-in-order-to-reduce-its-budget-by-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/bbc-redundancies-top-stars-of-the-bbc-are-being-sent-letters-in-order-to-reduce-its-budget-by-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC redundancies: Top stars of the BBC are being sent letters in order to reduce its budget by millions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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THE BBC has issued redundancy letters to some of its most famous presenters \u2013 including veteran newsreader Huw Edwards.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cash-strapped executives have asked some of the broadcaster\u2019s best known if they\u2019re interested in voluntary redundancy as part of a cost-cutting scheme.<\/p>\n

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Huw Edwards, an experienced newsreader from the BBC, is one of those who have received redundancy letter.<\/span>Credit: PA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The letters \u2013 circulated through a mass email to top-earning talent on TV and radio \u2013 was sent to top BBC News host Huw Edwards, who is paid more than \u00a3450,000 a year.<\/p>\n

Edwards has signed a contract for three years with the network. The 61-year old TV star was praised by many people last year when he announced the death of Elizabeth II to the entire world.<\/p>\n

An email sent by BBC News editor Philippa Busby reportedly quizzed senior on-screen staff if they \u201cwould like to consider potentially leaving the BBC under voluntary redundancy\u201d.<\/p>\n

Other high-profile figures targeted for redundancy by the ailing broadcaster include Mastermind host Clive Myrie, newsreader Sophie Raworth and Today programme host Nick Robinson \u2013 all paid more than \u00a3250,000 a year.<\/p>\n

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Any redundancy payment would be capped at \u00a3150,000 \u2013 making it unlikely leading figures will choose to leave.<\/p>\n

Insiders told the Mail on Sunday the move had sent already low staff morale plummeting, branding the letters \u201cdepressing\u201d.<\/p>\n

It is believed that the redundancy letter was linked to measures of cost cutting announced by Tim Davie, Director General last year.<\/p>\n

The BBC said: \u201cWe\u2019re looking for expressions of interest in redundancy, not offering it, and it\u2019s not the case that any or everyone who came forward would be accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n

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These letters may be related to the cost-cutting initiatives announced by Tim Davie<\/span>Credit: AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE BBC has issued redundancy letters to some of its most famous presenters \u2013 including veteran newsreader Huw Edwards. Cash-strapped executives have asked some of the broadcaster\u2019s best known if they\u2019re interested in voluntary redundancy as part of a cost-cutting scheme. 3 Huw Edwards, an experienced newsreader from the BBC, is one of those who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":157549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1681621772_Top-BBC-stars-sent-redundancy-letters-as-broadcaster-tries-to.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157550,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157548\/revisions\/157550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}