Citation? The BBC's own 2016 accounts: staff salaries increased to £990 million (up from £977 million) with headcount only cut by 54 leaving 18,920 on the payroll - that many people just for two and a half telly channels and some radio, why?
They did save £154 million but mostly from cutting content rather than bureaucracy. Entirely the wrong thing to do.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
