Top male BBC earner takes home almost five times more than the top female
London — Britain’s public broadcaster the BBC came under fire on Wednesday for its gender pay imbalance, after it was forced to reveal how much it pays its top-earning talent. For the first time in its 94-year existence, the BBC was forced to release a list of its employees paid more than £150,000 between 2016 and 2017, after a change in its charter last year. More than 200 names feature on the list — which includes executives, actors, presenters, writers and technicians — but only one-third are women. Former Top Gear host Chris Evans was revealed to be the highest-paid person, earning over £2.2m, while presenter Claudia Winkleman was named as the top female earner, pocketing more than £450,000. Winkleman hosts "Strictly Come Dancing". In a statement, the BBC’s director-general, Lord Hall, defended the organisation as "more diverse than the broadcasting industry and the civil service", but admitted that "there is more to do". "We’ve set a clear target for 2020: we want all our lead ...
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