Journalists working for the Victoria Derbyshire Show have said the BBC’s decision to take the award-winning news programme off the air is “gutting” and “devastating”.

The morning show, which has won a Bafta and two Royal Television Society awards for its star, faces the axe in fresh cuts to news services at the BBC. The corporation has had to find £80m a year in savings since 2015.

But the decision has prompted an outcry from both journalists and politicians, with some labelling it “crazy” and “ridiculous”.