BBC local news programming in balance due to budget cuts
Award-winning Inside Out investigations and regional political debates under threat
July 2017
BBC accused of discrimination as salaries reveal gender pay gap - as it happened
Follow the reaction to the publication of the salaries of the BBC’s highest earners
Lineker £1.79m, Balding £199,999: the list that shows BBC's gender gap
BBC boss Tony Hall pledged to close the gender pay gap by 2020; the publication of top salaries reveals there’s still work to do
BBC expects backlash over stars' salaries but says they're worth it
BBC to allow highest-earning stars to defend salaries on social media
BBC appointed more women to highly paid jobs in past four years
April 2016
Top BBC executives run up more than £25,000 in expenses before leaving
Outgoing head of natural history unit, Wendy Darke, files biggest bill of £11,000 in six months as union chiefs criticise new deal for corporation staff
February 2016
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Media Monkey: ITV turns into Big Brother and blue-Sky thinking on RTS
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Media Monkey: Top Gear, John Whittingdale and BBC expenses
October 2015
BBC chief Alan Yentob runs up £1,500 bill taking 75 cabs
Expenses report of corporation’s senior managers also shows that more than 260 are paid in excess of £100,000
Peter Preston on press and broadcasting
A media move like this needn’t burst Seumas Milne’s bubble
Peter Preston
The Guardian columnist turned Labour press chief has pitfalls in his path. But many others have negotiated them successfully
BBC launches clampdown on expenses in attempt to help save £50m
Staff have been banned from taking first class trains, using taxis in central London and been told to use ‘public transport wherever possible’
August 2015
Peter Preston on press and broadcasting
The BBC is vying for viewers when what it really needs is friends
Peter Preston
Even as luminaries rally to its support, the corporation’s urge to compete – over schedules, primetime and news – leave it too short of allies
June 2015
Nicola Sturgeon to debate with Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner
Scottish first minister is to become first British politician to deliver Alternative MacTaggart lecture at Edinburgh International Television Festival
March 2015
Media Monkey
BBC bosses rack up expenses on cabs, flights and phone repairs
BBC top brass show a taste for Kate Bush and tennis, and reveal problems taking care of technology, in latest expenses report
February 2015
BBC spent £34m on taxi fares in past three years
BBC spends £7m on consultants in year ending March 2014
December 2014
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BBC execs take break from austerity in Hollywood ‘rock star’ hotel
Corporation’s latest tranche of expenses reveal Danny Cohen and Charlotte Moore claimed more than £2,500 for stay at Sunset Marquis during LA Screenings week
November 2014
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BBC could be cruising for a broozing
Media Monkey: Eyebrows may be raised after it was revealed how much the corporation has spent on alcohol over the past year
June 2014
BBC executive claims £120 for cupcakes
Shane Allen, comedy commissioning controller, made expenses claim to thank staff for working on two programmes. By Tara Conlan
