Mirror and Express publisher warns that up to 420 staff are at risk of redundancy

Reach, which also owns Birmingham Mail, Liverpool Echo and Manchester Evening News, aims to cut costs

The publisher of the Mirror and the Express newspapers has warned that up to 420 staff could faceredundancy, as part of a continued cost-cutting drive.

Reach, which also owns hundreds of regional newspapers including the Birmingham Mail, Liverpool Echo and Manchester Evening News, has been battling higher costs resulting from inflation, as well as a slump in print advertising as the UK economy falters.