Anger as BBC withdraws jobs promise for apprentices amid sweeping cuts

Exclusive: Some staff call decision a betrayal of young apprentices who are often selected to increase diversity The BBC is facing internal anger after a group of apprentices were told they could no longer expect jobs they had been promised, as a result of the corporation’s sweeping cuts programme.

In a sign of the pressure the BBC is under to find savings , apprentices working with BBC News were told that “exceptional circumstances” meant the broadcaster could no longer stand by its pledge to find them permanent positions.

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