Mediagazer: Running costs of BBC's London headquarters are triple UK average (Tara Conlan/Guardian)

6:00 PM ET, January 21, 2015

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Running costs of BBC's London headquarters are triple UK average — National Audit Office tells corporation to ‘make better use of space’ as report reveals New Broadcasting House accounts for third of BBC's property running costs while housing fifth of its staff — Read the full NAO report on the BBC's property management