BBC spends £24,000 on hospitality and appearance fees for just TEN MPs The BBC has splashed out nearly £24,000 in hospitality and appearance fees for just ten MPs, including senior former Cabinet ministers. Gifts to MPs from the taxpayer-funded corporation include VIP hospitality tickets and all-expenses paid trips abroad to film documentaries. Labour MPs received the biggest payments, with former Home Secretary Alan Johnson being paid £12,000 for just 40 hours work at the BBC - the equivalent to £300 an hour - where he has made regular TV and radio appearances And Diane Abbott was paid £3,278 - including £500 for appearing on the quiz show Pointless, £600 for University Challenge, £500 for travel and an appearance on Sunday Morning Live in Northern Ireland and two payments of £839 for This Week. BBC Wales provided tickets in its hospitality box worth £781 each for the Wales vs Ireland Six Nations rugby match at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff for Labour MPs Nia Griffith and Owen Smith.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 07:51:24 +0000
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