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mikeymk 18.07.19 - 11:48am
Oh they'd do it. Look at all the single mums in prison for not having a licence.. * +

recurve16 20.07.19 - 09:01am
BBC stars' moonlighting storm: Outcry as presenters earn up to 25,000 for a day's work on top of the cash WE pay them - as the Mail forces Fiona Bruce to quit job with controversial firm

The corporation has faced a furore over presenter salaries, but it is still allowing them to pick up five-figure sums on their days off for hosting commercial events.

The BBCs critics warn the practice could undermine the broadcasters impartiality and tarnish its reputation.

Question Time star Fiona Bruce, who earns an estimated 800,000 a year, had been due to speak at a lucrative engagement for a firm accused of inadvertently helping criminals to obtain passports.

But after the Daily Mail revealed the potential breach of BBC rules, Miss Bruce pulled out. Business editor Simon Jack was also forced to cancel his appearance at the event.

Last night the BBC confirmed both journalists were potentially in breach of its guidelines. But incredibly it also emerged that the corporation relies on stars to police themselves, and carries out checks on outside events only if stars choose to volunteer details to bosses.

The BBC said it would now remind staff of the rules surrounding speaking engagements to ensure other presenters do not break the rules. The revelations are likely to fuel anger over the BBC inflating star salaries at a time when it is planning to strip 3.7million over-75s of their free licences.

Miss Bruce had been listed as a key speaker in a glossy brochure for the Henley Partners global citizenship conference in London in November.

The firm helps wealthy clients to purchase citizenship in countries such as Malta and Austria a controversial process known as citizenship by investment.

The industry has been accused of inadvertently helping criminals to access EU passports, fuelling organised crime, tax evasion and money laundering. * +

bozzalad 20.07.19 - 03:05pm

@ recurve16 - 20.07.19 - 09:01am
BBC stars' moonlighting storm: Outcry as presenters earn up to 25,000 for a day's work on top of the cash WE pay them - as the Mail forces Fiona Bruce to quit job with controversial firm

The corporation has faced a furore over presenter salaries, but it is still allowing them to pick up five-figure sums on their days off for hosting commercial events.

The BBCs critics warn the practice could undermine the broadcasters impartiality and tarnish its reputation.

Question Time star Fiona Bruce, who earns an estimated 800,000 a year, had been due to speak at a lucrative engagement for a firm accused of inadvertently helping criminals to obtain passports.

But after the Daily Mail revealed the potential breach of BBC rules, Miss Bruce pulled out. Business editor Simon Jack was also forced to cancel his appearance at the event.

Last night the BBC confirmed both journalists were potentially in breach of its guidelines. But incredibly it also emerged that the corporation relies on stars to police themselves, and carries out checks on outside events only if stars choose to volunteer details to bosses.

The BBC said it would now remind staff of the rules surrounding speaking engagements to ensure other presenters do not break the rules. The revelations are likely to fuel anger over the BBC inflating star salaries at a time when it is planning to strip 3.7million over-75s of their free licences.

Miss Bruce had been listed as a key speaker in a glossy brochure for the Henley Partners global citizenship conference in London in November.

The firm helps wealthy clients to purchase citizenship in countries such as Malta and Austria a controversial process known as citizenship by investment.

The industry has been accused of inadvertently helping criminals to access EU passports, fuelling organised crime, tax evasion and money laundering.