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BBC boss pledges audited report into gender pay gap as women employees call for change to come ‘quickly’

By Freddy Mayhew

The BBC has commissioned a report into the gender pay gap uncovered at the corporation after it was forced to reveal the salaries of its top-earning on-air talent earlier this year.

In a speech to staff today, director general Tony Hall said he was “determined to close the gap”.

He said the report would be independently audited and also pledged a second independent audit of equal pay for UK staff to expose unjustifiable salary differences.

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