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BBC Plans To Abolish Automatic Pay Rises For Top Earners, Including On-Screen Stars


The BBC wants to overhaul the way it awards salary rises to its highest-paid employees, including presenters.

Sources said the British broadcaster wants to stop top earners from receiving automatic annual pay increases and instead hand them raises based on their performance. Some BBC executives and presenters already receive performance-related salary increases, but the corporation wants to move so-called “Band F” staffers (those who earn between £64,103 and £117,523) into the same bracket. A BBC spokesperson said: “We aim to strike a balance between fairness, attracting and retaining staff who deliver world-class content and providing value to audiences.

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