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BBC must close gender pay gap faster, says Nicola Sturgeon BBC must close gender pay gap faster, says Nicola Sturgeon
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The gender pay gap at the BBC is unacceptable and the broadcaster should act faster in making salaries more equal, Nicola Sturgeon has said.The gender pay gap at the BBC is unacceptable and the broadcaster should act faster in making salaries more equal, Nicola Sturgeon has said.
The existing pledge by the director general, Tony Hall, to close the gap by 2020 was insufficient, Scotland’s first minister said in a speech at the Edinburgh international television festival, where the BBC has repeatedly been put on the defensive over pay.The existing pledge by the director general, Tony Hall, to close the gap by 2020 was insufficient, Scotland’s first minister said in a speech at the Edinburgh international television festival, where the BBC has repeatedly been put on the defensive over pay.
1. Chris Evans £2.2m - £2.25m1. Chris Evans £2.2m - £2.25m
2. Gary Lineker £1.75m - £1.8m2. Gary Lineker £1.75m - £1.8m
3. Graham Norton £850,0000 - £899,9993. Graham Norton £850,0000 - £899,999
4. Jeremy Vine £700,000 - £749,9994. Jeremy Vine £700,000 - £749,999
5. John Humphrys £600,000 - £649,9995. John Humphrys £600,000 - £649,999
6. Huw Edwards £550,000 - £599,9996. Huw Edwards £550,000 - £599,999
7. Steve Wright £500,000 - £549,9997. Steve Wright £500,000 - £549,999
= 8. Claudia Winkleman £450,000 - £499,999= 8. Claudia Winkleman £450,000 - £499,999
= 8. Matt Baker £450,000 - £499,999= 8. Matt Baker £450,000 - £499,999
= 9. Nicky Campbell £400,000 - £449,999= 9. Nicky Campbell £400,000 - £449,999
= 9. Andrew Marr £400,000 - £449,999= 9. Andrew Marr £400,000 - £449,999
= 9. Stephen Nolan £400,000 - £449,999= 9. Stephen Nolan £400,000 - £449,999
= 9. Alan Shearer £400,000 - £449,999= 9. Alan Shearer £400,000 - £449,999
=9. Alex Jones £400,000 - £449,000=9. Alex Jones £400,000 - £449,000
10. Fiona Bruce £350,000 - £399,99910. Fiona Bruce £350,000 - £399,999
Sturgeon said: “I do think the BBC should accelerate here. The equal pay act passed in the year I was born, which, as you probably know, was not yesterday. These issues have frankly been going on under the radar for too long, well, they are not under the radar any more and it’s time to up the progress.”Sturgeon said: “I do think the BBC should accelerate here. The equal pay act passed in the year I was born, which, as you probably know, was not yesterday. These issues have frankly been going on under the radar for too long, well, they are not under the radar any more and it’s time to up the progress.”
Earlier in the morning, Jane Garvey, the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, said women across the organisation had told her they had been “fobbed off”, and accused the BBC’s director of content of engaging in a “classic bit of management speak” to defend the practice. Earlier in the morning, Jane Garvey, a presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, said women across the organisation had told her they had been “fobbed off”, and accused Charlotte Moore, director of content, of engaging in a “classic bit of management speak” to defend the practice.
The reason the BBC was told to publish the list of top earners was to demonstrate whether it is delivering value for money - in other words, whether it pays in line with the market. Given that no other broadcaster publishes the pay of its stars this is difficult to prove, but Tony Hall, the director general, insists the BBC aims to pay people at a discount to the market while Gary Lineker, one of the top earners, insists he has been offered more lucrative deals to leave. One publicly available pay deal is for Paul Dacre, the editor of the Daily Mail, who gets £1.5m a year - which would put him second on the BBC’s list behind Chris Evans. The reason the BBC was told to publish the list of top earners was to demonstrate whether it is delivering value for money - in other words, whether it pays in line with the market. Given that no other broadcaster publishes the pay of its stars this is difficult to prove, but Tony Hall, the director general, insists the BBC aims to pay people at a discount to the market while Gary Lineker, one of the top earners, insists he has been offered more lucrative deals to leave. One publicly available pay deal is for Paul Dacre, the editor of the Daily Mail, who gets £1.5m a year - which would put him second on the BBC’s list behind Chris Evans. 
Charlotte Moore, the director of content, said at the festival on Thursday that the BBC had to address “diversity in a broader sense”. Moore said at the festival on Thursday that the BBC had to address “diversity in a broader sense”.
However, Garvey, who organised a letter from more than 40 of the BBC’s female stars calling for the corporation to take urgent action over the pay gap, said: “Charlotte’s done a great deal to get more women in prominent positions on television, and I respect her for that. But this is a classic bit of BBC management speak.However, Garvey, who organised a letter from more than 40 of the BBC’s female stars calling for the corporation to take urgent action over the pay gap, said: “Charlotte’s done a great deal to get more women in prominent positions on television, and I respect her for that. But this is a classic bit of BBC management speak.
“It seems the top management’s good intentions haven’t filtered down the organisation, or I wouldn’t have heard from women right across the BBC who’ve been fobbed off, deceived or told they’ve picked the ‘wrong comparator’.”“It seems the top management’s good intentions haven’t filtered down the organisation, or I wouldn’t have heard from women right across the BBC who’ve been fobbed off, deceived or told they’ve picked the ‘wrong comparator’.”
The publication last month of the BBC’s list of stars earning more than £150,000 a year revealed that its top seven earners are all men and just a third of the 96 people on the list are women. The publication last month of the BBC’s list of stars earning more than £150,000 a year revealed that the top seven were all men and just a third of the 96 people on the list were women.