BBC faces backlash from female stars

Presenters speak out after corporation's gender pay gap is revealed

Mishal Husain BBC
BBC Radio 4 presenter Mishal Husain
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MPs are to question BBC bosses after it was revealed that two-thirds of its highest-paid presenters are male.

Only two women made the top ten in the list of TV stars' salaries, while the highest paid female, Strictly Come Dancing presenter Claudia Winkleman, earns approximately a fifth the wage of the top-paid man, DJ Chris Evans.

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