The BBC has had its own fair share of bad press recently, hiking the licence fee to £174.50 a year and having to take “immediate action” after a review into the Huw Edwards scandal found “a small number of individuals are said to behave unacceptably, and their behaviour has not always been addressed.” Naturally, the BBC’s first reaction was to beef up its HR team…
UK DOGE’s The Waste Files has now discovered the BBC has awarded a whopping £40.6 million five-year contract for “audience services”. The lucky supplier Serco has the responsibility of dealing with the following:
Worth remembering that the BBC already has a staggering 89 staff on a salary higher than Starmer, with £582,000 splashed on just three HR directors. For £40.6 million, you could:
The licence fee payer may have a view on which should be prioritised. UK DOGE recommends costs are cut here…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”