The BBC appears unlikely to be able to recoup the 200,000 paid to Huw Edwards after he was arrested or the 300,000-a-year pension he can now receive.
The corporation knew the 62-year-old presenter had been arrested last November but continued to pay his salary until he resigned on medical advice this April.
Edwards had been the BBC’s highest-paid newsreader, with its accounts putting him in a pay bracket of between 475,000 and 479,999 for 2023/24. This was a 40,000 pay rise from 2022/23, when he was paid between 435,000 and 439,999.
And the veteran broadcaster, who joined the BBC in 1984, is estimated to have received more than 200,000 pre-tax after his bosses knew of the allegations.
Edwards also could still retire on a BBC pension paying more than 300,000-a-year, despite admitting making indecent photographs of children in court on Wednesday.
Director-general Tim Davie said the BBC will ‘look at all options’ over Huw Edwards’s pay
Huw Edwards leaves court on Wednesday after admitting making indecent images of children
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has now asked the BBC to look into whether it can recoup money from Edwards’s pay packet.
By MICHAEL NADIN
Huw Edwards will have been entitled to receive salary and pension contributions for as long as his employment continued.
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