Playing games

BBC unions are balloting members about possible strike action to improve the Corporation's current pay offer. Voting runs from Thursday 26 June to Tuesday 15 July. In News, James Harding is now expected to announce the jobs he plans to cut over the next two years, on Thursday 17th July. Under union legislation, if the ballot backs a stoppage, the earliest date possible is 23 July - spookily, the day of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.