Exit likely to set off competitive and politicised recruitment process to find replacement at corporation
Fran Unsworth, the BBC’s director of news and current affairs, has announced she will leave the corporation early next year, creating a vacancy for one of the most powerful jobs in British media.
Her departure, first reported by the Guardian, is likely to set off a competitive and politicised recruitment process to find her replacement, at a time when government relations with the BBC are at a low and ministers are negotiating over the future of the licence fee.
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