Corporation’s email to trade union reveals that 400 of its workers are on less than £20,000Four hundred BBC employees earn less than a hundredth of what the corporation pays its biggest star, it can be revealed. The yawning gap between the highest and lowest-paid employees at the BBC has prompted another, less publicised internal row at the corporation. The lowest-paid BBC employees will include runners and production assistants. A BBC spokesman said it was working hard to close the pay gap between the highest and lowest-paid employees. There have been calls from Tory MPs for private production companies to reveal what they are paying BBC stars.

Source: The Guardian July 22, 2017 20:03 UTC