Debenhams will slash up to 90 jobs as the struggling department store chain pursues cost savings across its fashion and home departments.

The ailing retailer has launched redundancy talks with around 200 workers in the latest phase of its cost-cutting drive.

It follows plans to axe 320 store management jobs in a similar move to supermarket chains Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco.

In a statement, Debenhams said: “We announced our intention to restructure our organisation around three business units: Beauty & Beauty Services, Fashion & Home and Food & Events earlier this year.

“Our work to create a simplified and consistent structure across these units, reducing complexity and driving efficiency in order to deliver our Debenhams Redesigned strategy, is continuing.”