Staff warned news operations face 15% cut, above BBC-wide 10% target, as corporation pushes through £600m savings plan Staff warned news operations face 15% cut, above BBC-wide 10% target, as corporation pushes through £600m savings plan The BBC’s news operation is to cut costs by a steeper-than-expected 15%, with staff told to expect heavy redundancies. The division, home to about a quarter of all BBC staff, is being saddled with one of the highest cost-cutting targets as the corporation