The Fawcett Society has responded to a BBC review which concluded that there is no evidence of unlawful gender bias regarding pay decisions at the corporation.
Carrie Gracie has resigned from her job as the BBC’s China editor in protest at the “secretive and illegal pay culture” at the corporation. Gracie discovered that the two male international editors were paid “at least 50 per cent more than her
The National Union of Journalists has backed Carrie Gracie who has quit her post as the BBC China editor and written an open letter to licence fee payers accusing the corporation of “breaking equality law” and creating a “crisis of trust” at the public service broadcaster.