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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 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.
BBC Trust Chair and HSBC Director Rona Fairhead tells Cathy Newman the corporation is her priority “and that has been clear from the beginning”.
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Tory MP Grant Shapps blasts the BBC for waste and a culture of secrecy and says that the license fee should be revoked. Cordelia Lynch reports.
The BBC has to “own up to mistakes quickly”, following scandals over Jimmy Savile and pay-offs, Director-General Tony Hall says – but adds he does not want staff “looking over their shoulders.”
Former BBC director general Mark Thompson tells MPs that the corporation did not “lose the plot” when it agreed a pay-off of almost £1m to his former deputy Mark Byford.
Former BBC HR boss Lucy Adams admits she helped draft a memo about controversial severance payments to BBC staff, despite telling MPs in July she had no knowledge of the document.
Former BBC director general Mark Thompson accuses the BBC Trust of misleading MPs on the public accounts committee over what it knew about executives’ payoffs, the BBC reports.
MPs are grilling BBC execs over a £25m severance pay bill, including £5.3m for its top ten managers. How many of our TV licences were spent on the payouts? The whole of Weston-Super-Mare for starters.
As the National Audit Office accuses the BBC of breaching its own guidelines in pay-offs for staff, the former Culture Secretary James Purnell describes their report as “humbling” and “embarrassing”.
A BBC reporter who lost his job after an episode of mental illness, tells Channel 4 News that he believes a travel injection may have triggered the fever that led to his illness.
An “amazing surprise” sees Channel 4’s Paralympic coverage beat the BBC Olympics to the TV Bafta for best sport and live event.