{
  "id": 18328080,
  "title": "BT cuts almost 8,000 jobs amid sweeping cost-saving programme",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/bt-cuts-almost-8-000-jobs-amid-sweeping-cost-saving-programme",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-05T14:40:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/05/bt-cuts-jobs-cost-saving-programme-profit-share-price"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Telecoms group reports £1.1bn pre-tax profit in six months to end of September and share price touches five-year high Business live – latest updates BT has cut almost 8,000 jobs since the end of March as it pushes ahead with sweeping cost reductions across the business. The telecoms group said its workforce had fallen by 7,731 to 90,000, excluding staff in its international business, which is…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}