Johnston Press has announced there will be up to 19 job cuts across 19 titles in Yorkshire, according to the National Union of Journalists.

The union has said staff across the Yorkshire Publishing Unit were told their editorial budget is to be reduced by 8 per cent, with between 15 and 19 jobs to go by the end of March.

The announcement comes after Johnston Press chief executive Ashley Highfield told staff this week that his "Vision for 2020" was moving forward to 2015. This was his plan announced in 2012 to pay back £350m of debt and return the company to growth. Under the plan, editorial content will be produced 50/50 between journalists and readers and revenue will also be split half and half between print and digital.