BBC’s new benefits responsibility confirmed
The Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has confirmed the Sunday Times story that the government is handing over responsibility for the free licence fees for the over-75s policy to the BBC.
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The government’s been accused of a “wrongheaded act of sabotage” after the BBC’s decision to scrap the free licence fee for everyone aged over 75.
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Some of the BBC’s highest-profile female staff have for months been locked in dispute with the corporation over claims that it pays them less than male counterparts. Earlier this month, its China editor Carrie Gracie accused the broadcaster of illegally paying women less to do the same job. But today a review commissioned by the…
Carrie Gracie discusses what she describes as “unlawful pay discrimination” at the BBC.
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There are few women and even fewer ethnic minority stars: the BBC has published its list of top earners to an outcry over diversity. Theresa May demanded to know why the corporation paid women less than men for doing the same job, while a number of high profile presenters were forced to defend their salaries.
The corporation will work together with other media and cultural institutions as part of a drive to create a more “open BBC”, director general Lord Hall says.
John Whittingdale says that his BBC green paper will consider a subscription model for the corporation in the long term as it is revealed the future of Radio 1 and 2 are under review.
BBC Trust Chairman Rona Fairhead says any perception that there is “political interference” in the way the corporation is run risks “having a chilling effect” on it.
The Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has confirmed the Sunday Times story that the government is handing over responsibility for the free licence fees for the over-75s policy to the BBC.