Team George

The BBC Trust has, on legal advice, told George Entwistle that it won't be seeking to claw back any of his pay-off for resigning as Director-General.

We are not, at this stage, told whether or not he has spend all of the £10,000 agreed to cover “reasonable, professional communication support" that was also part of the package.  The Evening Standard reports that George turned to Portland Communications for that back-up - their advisory board includes Michael Portillo and Alastair Campbell; past and present clients include Tesco, Facebook, Google, McDonalds and The Scouts.

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