[Radio_man]

There is a lot of waste in the BBC, still too many committees that are not needed. There is some distrust, to say the BBC has been cut to the bone is over simplifying the truth.

BBC has even more TV and radio stations that it did years ago, and You could probably cut some of these further, worse the BBC is wasting money one formats that not well like like Survior... 

When UK public see the BBC wasting money on BBC world news and services instead of UK operations there going to resentfully in paying more:

www.bbc.com 

However when it comes to radio operations the rug has been pulled upon them, its another BBC3 situation were its done too soon but it was always going to happen. 

BBC Scotland isn't need,  BBC 4 could be merged with BBC2 and you could have repeats from 4-7pm new content 7-10 and then more repeats with Newsnight on BBC 1 combined with News at ten since it all going to be studio debates anyways.

Prior to 2010 the World Service was funded by a grant from the foreign office. Then the 2010 election happened.
The international side of the news channel is a commercial operation.
If you think the World Service is 'wasted money', then you don't understand the concept of soft power, along with how valued the BBC's impartial journalism is in many parts of the world, even in the US.

A glance at the BBC 2 schedule shows that it's already 80% simulcasts or repeats. 
Repeats early morning, news channel simulcast 9am - 12:15pm, more repeats throughout the afternoon, repeats early evening, often the only 'new' programs are 8 - 10pm and then Newsnight.