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| BBC in talks with male presenters over pay cut after equal salaries row | BBC in talks with male presenters over pay cut after equal salaries row |
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| John Humphrys, Huw Edwards, Nicky Campbell and Jeremy Vine are among those in discussions | John Humphrys, Huw Edwards, Nicky Campbell and Jeremy Vine are among those in discussions |
| Graham Ruddick | Graham Ruddick |
| Fri 26 Jan 2018 12.52 GMT | Fri 26 Jan 2018 12.52 GMT |
| First published on Fri 26 Jan 2018 06.42 GMT | First published on Fri 26 Jan 2018 06.42 GMT |
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| The BBC is in talks with some of its best-paid male news presenters about taking a salary cut after the row about equal pay at the broadcaster. | |
| John Humphrys, Jeremy Vine, Huw Edwards and Nicky Campbell are among the men in discussions with the BBC. | John Humphrys, Jeremy Vine, Huw Edwards and Nicky Campbell are among the men in discussions with the BBC. |
| Humphrys, who received between £600,000 and £649,999 last year for presenting Radio 4’s Today programme and Mastermind, has said he has offered to take a pay cut and a BBC source said he was “not alone in either offering or being cooperative”. | Humphrys, who received between £600,000 and £649,999 last year for presenting Radio 4’s Today programme and Mastermind, has said he has offered to take a pay cut and a BBC source said he was “not alone in either offering or being cooperative”. |
| A BBC spokesperson said: “The BBC has agreed pay cuts with a number of leading BBC News presenters and others have agreed in principle.” | A BBC spokesperson said: “The BBC has agreed pay cuts with a number of leading BBC News presenters and others have agreed in principle.” |
| The equal pay row at the BBC took a further bizarre twist on Friday morning when the broadcaster made multiple changes to an online story about potential pay cuts for male presenters. | The equal pay row at the BBC took a further bizarre twist on Friday morning when the broadcaster made multiple changes to an online story about potential pay cuts for male presenters. |
| The BBC ran a story on its website and in radio news bulletins that Humphrys, Vine, Edwards and the North America editor, Jon Sopel, had agreed to take pay cuts. The story was followed up by a range of media organisations, including the Press Association. | The BBC ran a story on its website and in radio news bulletins that Humphrys, Vine, Edwards and the North America editor, Jon Sopel, had agreed to take pay cuts. The story was followed up by a range of media organisations, including the Press Association. |
| However, at about 9am, the BBC removed the four men’s names from the article and changed the headline to “Some BBC male presenters agree pay cut”. | However, at about 9am, the BBC removed the four men’s names from the article and changed the headline to “Some BBC male presenters agree pay cut”. |
| The story was then updated again to reintroduce their names, but with significant caveats. It said Vine, Humphrys and Edwards had agreed to reductions “either formally or in principle” and attributed this statement to Amol Rajan, the BBC’s media editor. | The story was then updated again to reintroduce their names, but with significant caveats. It said Vine, Humphrys and Edwards had agreed to reductions “either formally or in principle” and attributed this statement to Amol Rajan, the BBC’s media editor. |
| The changes are understood to have taken place after concerns were raised at the BBC’s morning news meeting. | The changes are understood to have taken place after concerns were raised at the BBC’s morning news meeting. |
| Campbell confirmed in his Radio 5 Live Breakfast show that he was one of the men in talks about a pay cut. He earned between £400,000 and £449,999 last year. | |
| Vine also told reporters he had agreed to a reduction on his way to present his Radio 2 show on Friday. | Vine also told reporters he had agreed to a reduction on his way to present his Radio 2 show on Friday. |
| “I think it needs to be sorted out and I support my female colleagues who have rightly said they should be paid the same when they’re doing the same job. It’s just a no-brainer, so it wasn’t a problem for me to accept one,” he said. | “I think it needs to be sorted out and I support my female colleagues who have rightly said they should be paid the same when they’re doing the same job. It’s just a no-brainer, so it wasn’t a problem for me to accept one,” he said. |
| The discussions are thought to focus on men working in the BBC’s news division because the corporation believes the market for journalists has changed substantially in the past decade, and some of the pay packages it offered to staff have not stood the test of time. | The discussions are thought to focus on men working in the BBC’s news division because the corporation believes the market for journalists has changed substantially in the past decade, and some of the pay packages it offered to staff have not stood the test of time. |
| The publication of the BBC’s pay list last year showed two-thirds of the best-paid, on-air presenters are men and some male staff may be receiving more than women for in effect the same job. | The publication of the BBC’s pay list last year showed two-thirds of the best-paid, on-air presenters are men and some male staff may be receiving more than women for in effect the same job. |
| The pay row was dragged back into the open earlier this month when Carrie Gracie resigned as China editor and accused the broadcaster of a “secretive and illegal” pay culture. | The pay row was dragged back into the open earlier this month when Carrie Gracie resigned as China editor and accused the broadcaster of a “secretive and illegal” pay culture. |
| The Guardian revealed on Thursday that the sports minister, Tracey Crouch, refused to be interviewed on Today after Humphrys made light of Gracie’s fight for equal pay. | The Guardian revealed on Thursday that the sports minister, Tracey Crouch, refused to be interviewed on Today after Humphrys made light of Gracie’s fight for equal pay. |
| 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. |
| In a leaked on-air recording, Humphrys joked about Gracie’s warnings over the gender pay gap at the BBC, telling Sopel: “Oh dear God. She’s actually suggested that you should lose money – you know that don’t you?” | In a leaked on-air recording, Humphrys joked about Gracie’s warnings over the gender pay gap at the BBC, telling Sopel: “Oh dear God. She’s actually suggested that you should lose money – you know that don’t you?” |
| A spokesman for Theresa May, asked about the pay cuts, said: “It’s rightly a matter for the BBC to set their own pay. What the prime minister is determined to ensure is that people are paid equally for the work they do. Any moves for the BBC to continue to take that seriously would be welcomed.” | A spokesman for Theresa May, asked about the pay cuts, said: “It’s rightly a matter for the BBC to set their own pay. What the prime minister is determined to ensure is that people are paid equally for the work they do. Any moves for the BBC to continue to take that seriously would be welcomed.” |
| Asked about the Guardian report that Crouch had declined to be interviewed on Today in protest over Humphrys’ remarks on the issue, the spokesman said: “I think her department has put out a statement to make clear that she wasn’t boycotting the programme and she spoke to a number of journalists, including the BBC.” | |
| There are scheduled to be major developments in the BBC pay row next week. The corporation is expected to publish a report by the accountancy company PricewaterhouseCoopers about the pay structure for its on-air stars, including whether there are unjustified discrepancies. | |
| Gracie and Tony Hall, the BBC director general, are to give evidence before the digital, culture, media and sport select committee on Wednesday. | |
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