BBC stars have continued topping up their six-figure salaries with moonlighting gigs presenting company occasions within the three months to September this yr.
A minimum of 5 TV favourites earned greater than £10,000 for single paid occasions in September, based on figures launched by the BBC.
The broadcaster, which shares its stars’ earnings quarterly, stated 44 % of the occasions undertaken by workers concerned funds of greater than £1,000.
The figures present BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty, who’s paid £259,999, may have reached a £30,000 threshold after a number of occasions paid her greater than £5,000 every since January this yr.
The register, which has been printed by the BBC since January, notes provided that the price was ‘above £5,000’, ‘beneath £5,000’, ‘between £5,000 to £10,000’ and ‘above £10,000’.
Newsnight anchor Emily Maitlis was paid round £20,000 for 3 occasions, for one among which she charged between £5,000 and £10,000. Pictured, presenting an awards in 2007
One other excessive earner is Ms Munchetty’s fellow presenter Dan Walker, who’s paid greater than £295,000 by the BBC. He was handed greater than £15,000 following three paid occasions this yr.
Newsnight anchor Emily Maitlis was paid round £20,000 for 3 occasions, for one among which she charged between £5,000 and £10,000.
Dan Walker, who’s paid greater than £295,000 by the BBC, was handed greater than £15,000 following three paid occasions this yr
It comes regardless of the celebrities’ receiving excessive salaries that are paid for by the general public by way of the licence price.
Ms Munchetty was paid greater than £10,000 to host the Daring Lady Award by Veuve Cliquot on September 9, and on September 30 she obtained one other fee of greater than £10,000 to host an occasion by Nimble Media Ltd.
Elsewhere, the broadcaster was paid lower than £5,000 to work as an interviewer for Fane, and was handed one other price of lower than £5,000 to host an occasion by England Golf.
The BBC instructed MailOnline workers needed to keep beneath a cap of £30,000 – however the figures seem to recommend Ms Munchetty may have reached this degree.
Different stars to earn greater than £10,000 for a single gig embody HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur, Maryam Moshiri, Clive Myrie and former The Impartial Editor Amol Rajan.
Mr Walker, who’s competing in Strictly Come Dancing this yr, was paid greater than £5,000 in January to work as a moderator for St James’ Place Administration.
In March he once more earned greater than £5,000 in a task as a moderator for Co-op and in Might a gig internet hosting Finest Firms made him at the least one other £5,000.
The figures present BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty, who’s paid £259,999, may have reached a £30,000 fee threshold with a number of occasions paying greater than £5,000 every since January this yr. Pictured internet hosting the Lloyds Financial institution Nationwide Enterprise Awards in 2017
Justin Webb (pictured), who earns greater than £255,000 a yr, had carried out 4 engagements through which he was paid greater than £5,000 within the first quarter of the yr
A BBC spokesman stated: ‘Knowledge from this quarter present 56 per cent of exterior occasions undertaken by workers concerned funds of below £1,000 and the overwhelming majority – 91 per cent – had been beneath £5,000.’
In Might it was revealed Andrew Marr was paid at the least £5,000 for a Zoom name with a wealth fund. The political interviewer obtained the sum for internet hosting an occasion, from the BBC workplaces, for funding administration agency Brewin Dolphin in March.
Justin Webb, who earns greater than £255,000 a yr, had carried out 4 engagements through which he was paid greater than £5,000 within the first quarter of the yr.
In June he chaired a panel for the Society of Motor Producers and Merchants (SMMT) for greater than £5,000 and in July he obtained between £1,000 and £5,000 for chairing a panel for the Administration Consultancies Affiliation.
In the meantime, MPs may very well be banned from taking over positions as consultants exterior their parliamentary duties after Tory MP Owen Paterson (pictured) lobbied the federal government on behalf of two corporations he labored for
Right this moment presenter Mishal Husain, who will get £275,000 from the BBC, was paid between £1,000 and £5,000 to chair a panel for Hawthorn Advisors / Strathclyde College in September.
In the meantime, MPs may very well be banned from taking over positions as consultants exterior their parliamentary duties after Tory MP Owen Paterson lobbied the federal government on behalf of two corporations he labored for.
Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle is predicted to place ahead a proposal to assessment the Home of Commons’ requirements procedures which can forestall MPs from providing consulting providers to earn further money amid a parliamentary debate over the Paterson scandal on November 7.
An investigation led by the requirements commissioner Kathryn Stone stated Paterson had damaged Commons guidelines by lobbying for 2 corporations that paid him £500,000, and he resigned from his place on Thursday after a botched plan concocted by the Prime Minister to dam his suspension from Parliament buckled below a torrent of criticism.
Regardless of his resignation, Paterson has vehemently denied any wrong-doing, saying he was performing within the public curiosity and protesting that the procedural path to the findings towards him had been towards due course of by not affording enough technique of enchantment.