\n READ MORE: Reform MSP panned for ‘utterly vile’ praise of Benjamin Netanyahu at Holyrood<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \n Around 2000 jobs are expected to be cut.\n<\/p>\n \n The broadcaster most recently announced 41 job losses at BBC Sport.\n<\/p>\n \n The BBC\u2019s latest annual report detailed how the corporation\u2019s financial outlook \u201cdeteriorated\u201d in the second half of 2025.\n<\/p>\n \n BBC Scotland<\/a> launched in 2019 following years of debate over the level of programming dedicated to Scotland.\n<\/p>\n \n \n It currently broadcasts every evening and is home to a range of Scottish news, current affairs and entertainment.\n<\/p>\n \n However, insiders have told The Guardian that viewing figures no longer justify the cost of maintaining BBC Scotland as a linear TV<\/a> channel.\n<\/p>\n \n Staff at Glasgow\u2019s Pacific Quay were told in August that job cuts are on the way, and as many as 60 roles could be lost.\n<\/p>\n \n Nick McGowan-Lowe, the National Union of Journalists\u2019 Scotland organiser, has previously said of the planned cuts: \u201cThe NUJ will be both fighting to save these jobs in Scotland, making sure workloads are manageable for remaining staff, and campaigning for immediate UK Government<\/a> intervention.\n<\/p>\n \n \u201cThese are severe cuts at BBC Scotland, and they come at a time where there has never been a greater need for quality public service broadcasting.\n<\/p>\n \n \u201cThis constant cycle of cuts and cost-saving undermines the BBC\u2019s core mission to inform, educate, and entertain \u2013 and it must end.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The dedicated Scottish channel is set to disappear from traditional television schedules alongside BBC Three, according to The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-793874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Matt Brittin has set out plans for cost savings in an email to staff (Lucy North\/PA)\n<\/p>\n