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I feel the more relevant part of the article is the paragraph below, which was the response.

A BBC spokesperson said: ‘This isn’t about any new job cuts - it’s a standard HR exercise relating to savings we’ve announced previously - and it’s not targeting any individuals; we have to send it to everyone who’s at the same grade. We’re looking for expressions of interest in redundancy, not offering it, and it’s not the case that any or everyone who came forward would be accepted.’

So in short all presenters were sent a standard letter. Realistically those on salaries higher than £150K are unlikely to apply for voluntary redundancy due to the max payout limit. Unless of course they were already planning on leaving, in which case if they can take VR it's a nice little cash bonus.

The comment about the new channel by the unnamed journalist feels a bit silly, though probably sums up their frustration with all the cuts.

It’s not standard in a workplace to send staff letters asking them to consider voluntary redundancy. You’d only do it when you’re planning to make staff redundant. We know they’re cutting the number of presenters due to the merger of the channels and this is clearly part of that process.