Petition · past parliament
Amend Royal Charter to stop BBC paying more than twice Prime Minister’s salary
Closed
34 signatures
What the petition asks
The BBC is a public service and should not pay excessive salaries or other payments to individuals. Paying anyone over £1.5m a year to watch and comment on sport or present a 3 hour radio show is too much. Alternative talent could be found at lower salary levels.
Publicly funded bodies have shown disregard for financial discipline and the BBC may be the worst. If commercial entities want to pay their staff excessive salaries and perks let their shareholders approve it or otherwise. The taxpayers are the BBC shareholders and I say enough is enough. who work primarily for the BBC should also pay tax and NI like everyone else at source. The talent will evolve to fill any gaps.
Timeline
| 12 Dec 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 12 Jun 2019 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
34
Status
Closed
Opened
12 Dec 2018
Closed
12 Jun 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.