BBC to be forced to reveal the salaries of 100 top stars as government bids for greater transparency over how it spends £3.7 billion licence fee income
- Earning £2.5m a year, Graham Norton could be the BBC‘s top earner
- Plans will be announced by Culture Secretary John Whittingdale next week
- Chris Evans and Gary Lineker are both thought to earn more than £1m
- Government at odds with the BBC over white paper on new Royal Charter
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— Will Corry (@slievemore) May 8, 2016
The BBC will be publishing the salaries of its 120 employees who earn more than £150,000 a year.
New plans to be announced next week by Culture Secretary John Whittingdale aim to bring more transparency to the BBC, which is reported to pay talent such as Graham Norton £2.5million, and Chris Evans £1.6million.
The proposal should bring the corporation in line with how the civil service is required to disclose how much it is paying staff, the Telegraph reported on Saturday.