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27 BBC top bosses earn more than British prime minister!

Source: ANI
June 26, 2009 17:14 IST
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The salaries of the BBC's 50 top-earning managers showed that 27 of them earn more than the British Prime Minister's pound 195,000 salary.

The documents showed the BBC's director general earns a salary of pound 647,000 per annum.

Responding to numerous inquiries under the Freedom of Information Act and general calls for greater transparency, the BBC published thousands of claims, SKY News reported.

BBC executives have claimed more than pound 350,000 in expenses in the last five years, it has been revealed.

The claims include more than pound 2,000 to fly director general Mark Thompson's family home from their holiday in Italy in the wake of the Andrew Sachs row.

Thompson spent pound 2,236.90 of licence fee payers' money to fly his family home from a holiday in Italy when he was forced to cut the trip short as public anger grew over the lewd messages left by Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross on the Fawlty Towers actor's answering machine

The BBC said the Thompson family was flown economy class and the corporation's audit committee approved the expense.

In total, Thompson, who earns pound 647,000 a year, claimed pound 77,823.35 in expenses over the five years -- the most of any BBC executive.

They revealed executives have been spending public money on luxury hotels, vintage champagne, 'thank you' dinners, parties and even a private aeroplane.

Jana Bennett, director of BBC Vision, who holds creative control of the corporation's television output, claimed a total of just less than pound 60,000 over the period.

Caroline Thomson, the BBC's chief operating officer, said she was 'comfortable' with all of the claims.

Thomson, who earns pound 328,000 a year, claimed nearly pound 5,000 in expenses last year.

The salaries and expenses of the BBC's top 100 executives and decision-makers will be published quarterly from September, Thompson said.
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