Thompson dismisses BBC job cut claims

BBC director general Mark Thompson has dismissed as 'preposterous' claims that up to half the corporation's 28,000 staff could be axed as part of the on-going reviews. Thompson, reacting to a newspaper report that up to 14,000 jobs could go, said in an email to staff: 'Inevitably, staff numbers are ...

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