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Lord Patten to take helm at BBC Trust

David Cameron is expected to confirm Lord Patten as the new chairman of the BBC Trust, according to MediaGuardian. The Tory peer, who will replace Sir Michael Lyons, has vowed to “stand up to the...

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New BBC chairman orders cut to highly paid executives

The new BBC chairman Lord Patten believes some of the Corporation’s executives remain too highly paid. He told Radio 4’s Today programme that about a quarter of senior executives would lose their jobs...

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BBC announces 2,000 job cuts

The hard reality of the licence fee freeze came to bare today as the BBC announced its intention to shed 2,000 staff by 2016. In a bid to save £670m a year by 2017, less money will be spent on sports...

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BBC halves cuts to local radio services

The BBC has decided to cut its local radio budget by £8m after original plans to slash £15m sparked a public outcry. It means direct savings to “scope and content” have been scaled back from £8.5m to...

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George Entwistle is new BBC director general

George Entwistle has been appointed as the new director general of the BBC and will replace Mark Thompson after the London Paralympics. Entwistle, who has been director of BBC Vision since April 2011,...

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Patten aims to halve BBC senior managers by 2015

BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten has said the number of senior managers at the Corporation should be cut by more than half. Along with former director-general Mark Thompson, Patten recently denied...

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