BBC chief attacks pay secrecy ploy

BBC boss Mark Thompson said yesterday that a proposal by a member of the corporation's staff to disguise pay rates for top stars and managers was "totally unacceptable".

The director general was speaking at a meeting of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee in central London.

Earlier this year the BBC's reward director Robert Johnston, who earns 196,550, suggested those responsible for releasing data on how many staff earn above 100,000 should "deliberately disguise" the number of bosses on six-figure salaries by putting them in a 80,000-110,00 pay bracket. He later apologised for the proposal, which he wrote in an email.

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