The BBC’s top earners listed as Britons face hike to the TV Licence Fee
The BBC licence fee – which still affects the over-75s – is predicted to increase by £13 in line with inflation, its biggest rise in […]
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‘It’s a fiasco’: BBC stars’ fury that true earnings of colleagues are being hidden from public in corporation’s ‘rich list’ with some claiming Fiona Bruce actually earns over £1m
Many of the BBC’s biggest stars are growing resentful that the true earnings of some colleagues are being hidden from the public in the Corporation’s […]
Zoe Ball’s £1MILLION pay rise: Radio 2 presenter becomes BBC’s highest paid female star after salary rises to £1.36million (but still shy of Gary Lineker’s £1.75m) – as annual staff bill soars 3.5% to £1.5bn
Gary Lineker takes £400,000 pay cut and promises to behave himself on Twitter as he signs new five-year BBC deal – but he’ll STILL be […]
The BBC’s Top-Paid ‘Journalists’
With breaking news in the UK hitting just about every hour, journalists in the digital age certainly have their work cut out for them. But […]
BBC presenter Mishal Husain was paid to take part in oil & gas forums prompting critics to call for tighter rules on moonlighting stars
BBC presenter Mishal Husain was paid to appear at Norwegian gas and oil industry events, causing critics to call for tighter rules on ‘moonlighting’ TV […]
‘You don’t need a pay rise, your boyfriend can fork out’: How a BBC boss stunned the future QT host when she asked for a ‘desultory’ pay rise early in her career
Fiona Bruce has revealed that a BBC boss once told her she did not need a wage rise because her boyfriend would pay her bills. […]
The BBC says it does not know what some ‘star’ names are paid
The BBC has claimed it has no idea what many of its top stars are paid, a situation that MPs have described as “extraordinary”. A […]
BBC presenters granted police escort to bring viewers the six-o-clock news
BBC news presenters including Fiona Bruce were forced to make a mad dash across London in taxis in order to make it in time for […]
BBC ‘stars’ Clare Balding, Emily Maitlis and Sue Barker are among 40 high-profile female staff to sign a letter calling for Lord Hall to ‘act now’ & close Corporation’s gender pay gap
Some of the BBC’s most high-profile female personalities have written a frank open letter to Director General Tony Hall calling on him to ‘act now’ […]
Over one hundred BBC stars are facing tax avoidance probes
More than 100 BBC presenters are under investigation for alleged tax avoidance after being suspected of wrongly using personal service companies to minimise their tax […]
BBC must give the names and salaries of stars on more than the PM, say MPs: Report says there is ‘no good reason’ to hide pay of presenters and executives
Every BBC star who earns more than the Prime Minister should have their pay made public, MPs are demanding. MPs are demanding details on BBC […]
BBC radio news presenter Eddie Mair ‘earns £425,000 a year – nearly TRIPLE what Prime Minister David Cameron takes home’
Radio presenter Eddie Mair is among a large group of BBC staff receiving huge salaries who will avoid having their pay disclosed under new rules, […]
BBC will be forced to reveal salaries of 100 top stars as government bids for greater transparency over how it spends £3.7 billion TV licence fee income
The BBC will be publishing the salaries of its 120 employees who earn more than £150,000 a year. Earning £2.5m a year, Graham Norton could […]
‘I’d still be working if I was as beautiful as Fiona’: Aspel, 79, claims BBC didn’t want an ‘elderly English bloke plodding around’
Veteran presenter Michael Aspel claims he would still be presenting Antiques Roadshow if he was ‘as beautiful’ as his replacement, Fiona Bruce. Aspel, 79, who […]
Revealed: BBC’s 20 stars on £500,000 as annual ‘talent’ bill is cut to a mere £212million
About 20 of the BBC’s TV and radio stars are earning salaries of £500,000 or more. The startling number, revealed today, is believed to include […]