英国广播公司国际部可能面临经费削减
英国政府正在研究在支出审查中削减英国广播公司国际台的拨款。这家广播公司正为因最近宣布削减对外援助而导致其预算发生变化做准备。BBC总干事蒂姆•戴维表示，该公司正准备就这一决定的影响与外交部官员进行接触。他在给议会国际发展、文化和外交事务委员会主席的信中写道：“在过去的几天里，我们被要求准备与外交、联邦和发展办公室就削减海外发展开支的影响进行进一步接触。”国际部的大部分拨款来自正式的援助预算，小部分来自外交部的其他资金。政府官员表示，削减BBC国际部的拨款是正在考虑的措施之一，但坚称尚未做出最终决定。
—— 英国金融时报
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