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John Pienaar to leave BBC after 28 years

John Pienaar is to quit the BBC after 28 years, the veteran political broadcaster has announced.

He tweeted: “Personal news: after nearly three decades at the BBC I am leaving to join the soon-to-be-launched Times Radio as Drive Time presenter.”

Mr Pienaar started on the BBC politics beat in 1992 and is currently its deputy political editor.

He presents the eponymous Pienaar’s Politics and, according to the broadcaster, “has worked on the full range of BBC news and current affairs programmes”.

It comes amid a row over the future of the BBC, with Boris Johnson's government promising a review of how it is funded.

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