The BBC has asked Huw Edwards to return the salary he was paid during the period following his arrest in November last year.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy had urged the disgraced newsreader to “return his salary” and asked the BBC to look into whether it can recoup an estimated £200,000 paid to Edwards between his arrest and resignation.

A statement from the corporation’s board said that if Edwards had “been upfront when asked by the BBC about his arrest, we would never have continued to pay him public money” and added he had “undermined trust in the BBC and brought us into disrepute”.