BBC invites staff to apply for voluntary redundancy to make £125m in savings
The BBC has invited staff to apply for voluntary redundancy in an attempt to make £125 million in savings this year.The broadcaster has asked its public service staff – not those in its commercial subsidiaries – to make a voluntary redundancy expression of interest.In an internal message to staff, director-general Lord Hall said delaying means-testing of the free TV licence for over-75s would cost a “significant sum at a time when revenue from the licence fee is also down” because of the broadcaster’s ability to collect the fee during lockdown.“Our commercial operations are also severely affected”, he said.A BBC spokesman said: “The impact of the coronavirus pandemic means the BBC needs to make £125 million of savings this financial year,