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(01) BBC is making 20 per cent cuts over the next five years as a result of the The government’s decision to freeze the licence fee. Under the corporation’s “Delivering Quality First” (DQF) scheme, 2,000 jobs will go and core news coverage and programme making will be affected. The BBC has already lost more than 7,000 jobs since 2004. (02) well as the 20 per cent cuts, the BBC will be taking on an extra £340 million in As spending commitments on new responsibilities, including the funding of the World Service, local TV and the rollout of fast broadband. (03) NUJ with the Bectu, Musicians Union and Unite has called for a renegotiation The of the licence fee deal, which they believe was negotiate by this Tory government whilst under the influence of Rupert Murdoch when the Murdoch’s were trying to weaken the BBC and take complete control of Skye television. (04) BBC staff are worried that the staff and financial cuts are still going ahead at the very time when the BBC’s reputation is being undermined as a result of the Saville sex scandals and the Newsnight Lord Alpine debacle. The NUJ has over the years constantly called for a complete review of the corporation editorial processes to safeguard its journalist’s integrity against poor and failed editorial decisions by overpaid executives. (05) unions have put forward alternatives to these cuts, but so far they have been The ignored. The GFTU will join forces with the broadcasting unions our affiliates to demand a review and a renegotiation of the licence fee and continue the campaign against the cuts and compulsory redundancies.
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Resolution 05
GFTU | BGCM Resolutions 2013/2015