BBC boss hits out at ‘shortsighted’ Tory budget cuts

Tim Davie says 14 years of reductions have put its future at risk, as he announces 200m of cuts

Cuts to the BBC's budget by successive Conservative governments have been shortsighted" and risked undermining its future, the director general said in a speech on Tuesday.

Announcing a further 200m of cuts to the corporation, Tim Davie said 14 years of cuts had reduced its budget by 30% in real terms and had chipped away at our income over many years and have put serious pressure on our finances".