Broadly speaking

BBC Scotland Editor Sara Smith, now also presenter of the Sunday Politics, expects this extra role to take her onto the list of BBC journalists earning more than £150,000.

She tells The Times: “I am probably not supposed to say this, but yes I will.”

Will this boost be equivalent to Andrew Neil's rate for the gig ? "It is a little difficult to work out because he does so many other things at the BBC [but] I’ve been assured that what I am being paid is broadly in line.”