(Source: The United Kingdom Parliament) Public Accounts Committee publishes findings on British Broadcasting Corporation: The severance payment awarded to the BBC's former Director General. The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts, today said: "Public servants should not be rewarded for failure. But that was exactly what happened when the BBC Trust paid off the former Director General, George Entwistle. In order to speed his departure, he was paid £450,000, twice what he was contractually entitled to, and then, if that were not bad enough, 12 months' private medical cover and a contribution to the cost of his legal fees and public relations...
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