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

Fears over lack of scrutiny for key sectors as health editor position will also 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 that will see 100 jobs 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 a…