BBC's Newsnight Reformatted in Cost-Saving Plan

The long-running show will lose its dedicated reporters and shift focus to studio-based debates, while the News at One TV bulletin will be extended and broadcast from Salford.

• BBC's Newsnight program will be cut back and reformatted as part of a cost-saving plan, losing its dedicated reporters and focusing on studio-based debates.
• The Newsnight team will be reduced from 57 to 23 members, and the show will be shortened by 10 minutes.
• The BBC News at One TV bulletin will be extended to an hour and will be broadcast from Salford.
• The BBC plans to invest more in digital journalism, including expanding the BBC Verify unit and creating a new investigations unit.
• The corporation needs to find £500m in savings due to a two-year freeze on the price of a TV licence and the impact of inflation.

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