Following on the heels of the MP expenses scandal, the issue of expenses at another public body, the BBC, has recently been in the news . I was hired by the BBC for some particular tasks. Then their major issue was cutting their costs, and the issue continues to remain unaddressed today. Well, not entirely unaddressed—a number of directors general have tried to reduce the cost base of the BBC over the years, and the message from within the BBC is that costs have partly been reduced, but there are a lot more still to take out.
In the press, current director general Mark Thompson has defended his ‘high for a public servant’ salary as entirely justified as it’s only one third of what a private sector executive in his position would get. I’m not sure if this is a fair position, but I do know [...]