More lawyers

The Times tells us that the BBC has brought in former Appeal judge, Sir Patrick Elias, who retired in March, to cast an eye over the gender pay gap work underway with PWC and Eversheds. As a barrister (in the last century) he was dubbed "the leading silk in employment law.”

Elias, born in Cardiff, studied law at Exeter University, part-funded by six months work as a bus conductor. He's now based in Cambridge.

Is Auntie feeling vulnerable to a legal challenge ?