Over 1000 jobs will be cut at the BBC due to a £150m shortfall in license fee income.

According to the BBC, the number of households claiming that they do not watch live TV has increased unexpectedly, with the cuts set to save the corporation around £50m a year.

BBC director general Tony Hall said that the BBC faced “difficult choices” as a result of the financial situation and that there are one million fewer households paying the £145.50 fee than ...