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The BBC say the cuts are part of a modernisation plan to save £80million But it previously said all senior leadership groups should have at least two staff members from minority ethnic backgrounds and this will break that guideline Ahmed's role was created by Unsworth in 2018 and she said she was 'thrilled he was joining her top team'
BBC News Group Board has made role of its most senior BAME news executive redundant 10 February 2021 • 7:27pm An email signed by dozens of BBC staff was understood to have been sent to Tim Davie protesting at Kamal Ahmed's removal Credit: Massimiliano Donati/Getty The BBC is facing a backlash after making the role of its most senior BAME news executive redundant, and appointing an all-white board in contravention of the corporation’s diversity rules. Kamal Ahmed, once tipped as a future director-general, has lost his job as part of plans to “modernise” BBC News. The BBC News Group boa...