Cuts to news output are not nuclear option, STV boss tells MPs

Cuts to news output are not nuclear option, STV boss tells MPs

Rufus Radcliffe was speaking to a Westminster committee about proposals which would see 60 jobs go. The boss of broadcaster STV has rejected assertions the controversial cuts proposed to its news output are a “nuclear” option. Under proposals put forward by the company, 60 staff will be made redundant and the dedicated news programme in the north of Scotland will be scrapped. The announcement was met with anger and concern across the political s…