{"id":395443,"date":"2018-01-26T13:17:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T13:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=395443"},"modified":"2018-01-26T13:19:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T13:19:07","slug":"bbc-male-presenters-agree-pay-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=395443","title":{"rendered":"Some BBC male presenters agree to pay cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of the BBC’s leading male presenters have agreed to take a pay cut after revelations over equal pay.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Vine, John Humphrys and Huw Edwards have agreed to reductions, either formally or in principle, the BBC’s media editor Amol Rajan said.<\/p>\n

It follows Carrie Gracie’s\u00a0resignation from her post as BBC China editor\u00a0in protest at unequal pay between male and female international editors.<\/p>\n

5 live presenter Nicky Campbell told listeners he had also taken a cut.<\/p>\n

And North America editor Jon Sopel is believed to be in discussions with the corporation.<\/p>\n

The corporation said: “The BBC has agreed pay cuts with a number of leading\u00a0BBC News\u00a0presenters and others have agreed in principle.”<\/p>\n

\"CarrieCarrie Gracie published an open letter giving her reasons for resigning as China editor<\/span><\/figure>\n

On his way into work at Radio 2 on Friday, Jeremy Vine was asked by reporters why he had agreed to a lower wage.<\/p>\n

‘No-brainer’<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I think it needs to be sorted out and I support my female colleagues who have rightly said they should be paid the same when they’re doing the same job,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It’s just a no-brainer, so it wasn’t a problem for me to accept one.”<\/p>\n

When asked if it was up to the BBC or individuals to sort out the problem, he added: “I think the BBC’s on it and this story is part of it.”<\/p>\n

Asked if he was aware of the problem before Carrie Gracie stepped down as China editor, he said: “Of course, yeah.”<\/p>\n

The BBC\u00a0revealed the pay of on-air talent earning over \u00a3150,000\u00a0in July, with two-thirds of stars on the list being men.<\/p>\n

BBC taking ‘a range of action’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nicky Campbell confirmed on BBC 5 live’s Breakfast show on Friday that he had taken a pay cut.<\/p>\n

Just after the latest news story about male presenters was read out, he added: “And I am also on that list.”<\/p>\n

An independent audit into equal pay at the BBC will be published next week.<\/p>\n

The corporation added: “We’ve already set out a range of action we’re taking on fair pay, and we’ll have more to say on the issue next week.”<\/p>\n