A modest 57% rise in January for new BBC News boss Fran Unsworth, who will be paid the same as James Harding - £340k. Fran, a BBC lifer, will be on 'old benefits', so it's a considerable pension boost, when she chooses to go. The final interview panel was Lord Hall, HR boss Valerie Hughes D'Aeth and Ken MacQuarrie, Director of Nations and Regions.
A successful internal candidate always creates hope for others down the line. Who will now lead the World Service Group ? Young pretender Jamie Angus (Winchester College and Magdalen, Oxford) or Earl of Salisbury and survivor Adrian Van Klaveren (Bristol Grammar and St John's, Oxford) ? Might any of the thwarted candidates fancy being Fran's No 2 - Kamal Ahmed (Drayton Manor and Leeds) or Gavin Allen (Oundle and Christ's, Cambridge) ? Were there really no outsiders good enough to make the final stage ?
For further reading, try cheekyboy Amol Rajan, who says his new boss's job is 'hellish'.
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"old benefits" is now limited to an increase of 1% a year, so no huge boost to her pension, thank goodness. A huge boost as far as future service goes if she had the sense to move to the career average scheme - though that will depend how long she lasts in the job...
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