BBC announces 550 job cuts as first part of £500m savings plan

"The scale of savings requires tough choices, careful work and won't all be ready at once."

— Matt Brittin , Executive

"I'm not sure how you can make informed decisions about the long-term future of the organisation when it will be in a substantially diminished place at the end of the process than the beginning."

— Philippa Childs , Activist

"Previous cuts have meant that our members are already being asked to do more with less, and are at serious risk of burnout."

— John Sailing , Activist

"I was very sad to hear the news of the cuts."

— Robin Lustig , Celebrity