BT slashes workforce as Talktalk takeover adds to turnaround challenge

BT has cut its workforce by 11 per cent as boss Allison Kirkby presses ahead with an overhaul of the telecoms giant, just weeks after rescuing struggling rival Talktalk from administration. The former state monopoly said its workforce, including contractors, had shrunk to 90,000 over the past year, helping deliver £312m in annual savings as [...]