BBC News to axe education editor role in cost-cutting move

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Fears over lack of scrutiny for key sectors as health editor position also to go in cuts aimed at saving £5.5m The BBC will no longer have a dedicated education editor as part of a cost-cutting drive in which 100 jobs are to go across BBC News under a plan that school leaders described as “deeply regrettable”. BBC staff have been told that the roles of education editor and social affairs editor are to be combined in…

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