Last weekend The Sunday Times quoted sources claiming the BBC had paid out £1m in back pay to a female presenter to level out past inequalities.
Today, the Mail claims it was Sarah Montague. 8pm update: Sarah has tweeted to say that the Mail is wrong; she accepted £400k (see later post).
The BBC has paid Radio 4 presenter Sarah Montague £1 million following an internal investigation into equal pay. Ms Montague previously admitted she was 'incandescent with rage' and 'felt a sap' after discovering her £133,000 salary paled in comparison to the £600,000 to £649,000 John Humphrys received, according to 2017 figures. The pair had presented the Today programme together for 18 years.
Who might have had control of Sarah's pay over those 18 years ?
Today's editors were Rod Liddle (1998–2002) Kevin Marsh (2002–06) Ceri Thomas (2006–12) Jamie Angus (2013-2017) Sarah Sands.
Controllers of Radio 4: Helen Boaden (2000-2004) Mark Damazer (2004-2010) Gwyneth Williams (2010-2019).
Directors of Radio: Jenny Abramsky (1999-2008) Tim Davie (2008-2013) Helen Boaden (2013-2016) James Purnell (2016) assisted by Bob Shennan
Directors of News: Richard Sambrook (2001-2004) Helen Boaden (2004-2013) James Harding (2014-2017)
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