BBC England staff strike action to coincide with Spring Budget coverage

Union members voted ‘overwhelmingly’ in favour of industrial action in a dispute over planned changes to local radio programming.

Strike action by BBC journalists will affect coverage of the upcoming Spring budget with further dates being considered around the local elections, Coronation and the Eurovision Song Contest. (Ian West/PA) (PA Archive)

Strike action by BBC journalists will affect coverage of the upcoming Spring Budget with further dates being considered around the local elections, the King’s Coronation and the Eurovision Song Contest.

On Tuesday, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) announced its members working for BBC England had voted “overwhelmingly” in favour of industrial action in a dispute over planned changes to local radio programming.

A 24-hour strike where up to as many as 1,000 journalists are expected to walk out will begin at 11am on March 15 – the same day Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is due to deliver his Spring Budget.