Confirming the job losses, the FTSE 100 company said the reduction in its workforce was down to cost cutting measures.

BP is planning to cut more than 5% of its 90,000-strong workforce as part of a cost-cutting drive. The British oil giant told employees in a memo Thursday that it would slash around 4,700 jobs this year.

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