BBC must be at forefront of change on equal pay, says Tony Hall in reply to letter from more than 40 of its high-profile female starsThe BBC director general, Tony Hall, has said he hopes the BBC can close its gender pay gap sooner than 2020, after an unprecedented intervention by more than 40 of its most high-profile female stars. “I have committed the BBC to closing the gap by 2020 and if we can get there earlier then we will,” he wrote. The letter from BBC presenters, reporters and stars said the women were seeking to address the imbalance to change the system for future generations. You have said that you will ‘sort’ the gender pay gap by 2020, but the BBC has known about the pay disparity for years. Tony Hall’s letter to BBC women in full

Source: The Guardian July 23, 2017 17:49 UTC