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Friday, January 28, 2011
The BBC World Service has confirmed that it will be closing its Caribbean service.
It was announced as the BBC gave details of its response to a cut to its Grant-in-Aid funding from the UKs Foreign and Commonwealth Office. As part of the new licence fee settlement agreed with the Government last autumn, the World Service will be funded from the licence fee from 2014.
In the period up to 2014 the World Service continues to be funded by the Government through a grant from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Today's announcement reflects the financial settlement reached with the Government as part of the recent Comprehensive Spending Review, which sees the level of Government funding available for the World Service reduced by 16 percent.
Under the proposed cuts, 480 posts are expected to close over the next year.
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