# BT cuts almost 8,000 jobs amid sweeping cost-saving programme

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-11-05T14:40:48+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/05/bt-cuts-jobs-cost-saving-programme-profit-share-price
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/bt-cuts-almost-8-000-jobs-amid-sweeping-cost-saving-programme-470b77/

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 from its workforce since the end of March, as it pushes ahead with sweeping cost cuts across the business. The telecoms group said its workforce had fallen by 7,731 to 90,000, excluding staff in its international business,

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