Former BBC presenter Carrie Gracie, who was at the heart of a huge equal pay row, branded the verdict by the Equality and Human Rights Commission a ‘whitewash’. Female BBC staff past and present reacted with fury yesterday after the equality watchdog found no unlawful pay discrimination against women at the corporation. The watchdog added there had been a number of areas where the BBC was at risk of unlawful pay discrimination. ‘We question why the EHRC discounted equal pay cases it knows the BBC has been forced to settle. He said: ‘We note that the commission has made no unlawful findings against the BBC and recognises that there have been significant improvements to BBC pay practices in recent years.

Source: Daily Mail November 13, 2020 00:42 UTC