Talking of the Beeb, the BBC's radio and music chief Jenny Abramsky has said that there is a "huge challenge" ahead because the government has forced a lower than ideal licence fee on the Corporation.
She said that she needed to cut BBC radio expenditure by 15%, on top of 15% savings already made, and that that was going to be "very tough". She was also speaking at the aforementioned Radio Festival, and according to the Guardian she said: "We have taken 15% out [of our budget] over the last three years and we are probably going to have to take out a similar amount over the next few years. That is going to be a huge challenge across the BBC and we are going to have some very tough decisions to make. The Today programme and the kind of thing that Jeremy [Vine] does requires real investment. Taking that kind of money out will have an impact".
Of course the whole BBC is chronically overstaffed, and wastes money left, right and centre - to anyone outside the Corporation it would be bleedin obvious where to make the cuts. But it will require job cuts, so you can see why those on the inside aren't looking forward to tackling that challenge.