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Huw Edwards’ Final BBC Pay Packet Soared To Five-Year High Despite Him Being Off-Air For Months
Huw Edwards pocketed up to £480,000 in his final year of working at the BBC, despite being off air for around eight months amid a misconduct scandal.
Huw Edwards took home his biggest pay packet since 2019 during his final year at the BBC, despite the newsreader being off-air for eight months amid a misconduct scandal. Edwards signed a new BBC deal early last year and presented coverage of King Charles III’s Coronation, which will explain why his pay rose around £40,000 compared with the £440,000 he took home in 2023. Speaking to media on Tuesday, Tim Davie, the BBC’s director general, suggested that it was “appropriate” that the corporation continued to pay Edwards during his period of medical leave.
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