BBC cuts 'won't affect quality', says director of news

Name: BBC cuts 'won't affect quality', says director of news
Uploaded: 2014-07-17T15:32:44.000Z
Duration: 3 min 1 s
Description: The BBC's director of news James Harding says programme quality will be maintained despite hundreds of job losses in BBC News departments.

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The BBC's News department is to axe 415 jobs as cost-cutting measures continue.

The move is part of £800m efficiency savings required after the licence fee was frozen in 2010.

The BBC's director of news James Harding spoke to the News Channel.

17 July 2014