(Source: The United Kingdom Parliament) The Public Accounts Committee publishes its 33rd report on BBC severance packages. The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts, today said: "The BBC is the world's leading public sector broadcaster, but recent revelations over severance payments to departing senior managers have put its reputation at risk. "150 senior managers between them received payments totalling £25 million. We were dismayed to find that many of these individuals received 'sweeteners' in their severance packages that were far larger than the sums to which they were contractually entitled. "Some of the justifications for this put forward by the BBC...
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