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Huw Edwards’ Final BBC Pay Packet Soared To Five-Year High Despite Him Being Off-Air For Months
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deadline.comHuw Edwards took home his biggest pay packet since 2019 during his final year at the BBC, despite the newsreader being off-air for eight months amid a misconduct scandal.
The BBC’s annual report revealed that Edwards was paid as much as £480,000 ($620,000) in the 12 months to the end of March 2024, his highest salary since 2019, when he pocketed up to £495,000.
Edwards signed a new BBC deal early last year and presented coverage of King Charles III’s Coronation, which will explain why his pay rose around £40,000 compared with the £440,000 he took home in 2023.
At the peak of his powers, however, he was embroiled in a misconduct storm after allegedly paying a young person for indecent images and sending colleagues inappropriate messages.
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