welcome to bbc news. some of the bbc‘s most prominent women broadcasters have written an open letter to their boss, the director general, calling on him to take urgent action to ensure women are paid the same as men doing the equivalentjob. the a0 signatories include clare balding and fiona bruce. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said the pay gap was appalling and called for a pay audit of every organisation. our media correspondent david sillito reports. alexjones of the one show, mishal husein, sue barker, three of more than a0 famous names calling on the bbc to act now on its gender pay gap. this open letter to the papers says that this week s annual report confirmed what many had long suspected, that women were being paid less than men for the same work. 0n the whole i think it is fantastic that so many wonderful women have been prepared to stick their head above the parapet. we have got stick, we knew we were going to get stick, that is why it was never going to be an ea
welcome to bbc news. the head of the bbc has said he will ‘value the contribution‘ of more than a0 senior women who signed a letter demanding the corporation tackle its gender pay gap. lord hall says work is already underway to address the pay disparity. his comments come after some of the bbc‘s most prominent women broadcasters including claire balding and fiona bruce wrote an open letter to their boss demanding ‘immediate action.‘ the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said the pay gap was appalling . 0ur media correspondent david sillito reports. alexjones of the one show, mishal husein, sue barker, three of more than a0 famous names calling on the bbc to act now on its gender pay gap. this open letter to the papers says that this week‘s annual report confirmed what many had long suspected, that women were being paid less than men for the same work. 0n the whole i think it is fantastic that so many wonderful women have been prepared to stick their head above the
in a nail biting finish, the lionesses beat india with only nine runs to spare in the world cup. and the tv classic, generation game is returning to our screens we ll be getting reaction from two former contestants as british bake off s mel and sue are announced as presenters. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the head of the bbc has said he will ‘value the contribution‘ of more than a0 senior women who signed a letter demanding the corporation tackle its gender pay gap. lord hall says work is already underway to address the pay disparity. his comments come after some of the bbc‘s most prominent women broadcasters including claire balding and fiona bruce wrote an open letter to their boss demanding ‘immediate action.‘ the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said the pay gap was appalling . our media correspondent david sillito reports. alexjones of the one show, mishal husein, sue barker, three of more than a0 famous names calling on the bbc to act now on its
the entire embassy compound was evacuated and on lockdown after the shooting. so far israel is refusing to comment on what happened here. police in amman have been talking. they say in an man, apparently working for a furniture company, entered the complex shortly before gunfire was heard. they do have confirmed that two jordanians were killed, and two men injured, one of them in israeli. liddell is revealed about what sparked this incident as violence against israelis is rare in jordan. but this is a time of increasing tension. jordan remains the custodian known to muslims as the custodian known to muslims as the sharif and to jewish the custodian known to muslims as the sharif and tojewish people as the sharif and tojewish people as the temple mount. thousands held protests in amman denouncing security measures put in place. the measures triggered what was all the day of rate on friday. several pill oi’ day of rate on friday. several pill or were killed and hundreds injur
in the week the queen came jeremy corbyn and theresa may go to battle over familiar scenes. 3.8 million people in work are now living in poverty. we created a national living wage. was the biggest pay increase for people on incomes ever. with mps and peers heading off on their summer break we ask three experts what we have learned from this parliament so far and what we can expect in the future. also on this programme, the government announces it is bringing forward the date for the state pension age to rise. there is a balance to be struck between funding of the state pension in years to come was also ensuring fairness for future generations of taxpayers. but first there was a rowdy end of term field to the last prime minister questions before recess. jeremy corbyn focused on low pay. the chancellor had appeared on tv a few days earlier saying some senior ministers were briefing against him because they did not like his views on brexit. that followed press stories featuring