Samira Ahmed just won a gender discrimination and equal pay claim against the BBC

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The Guardian / Sarah Marsh / Jan 10, 2020

“During Ahmed’s case, she argued she was owed almost £700,000 in back pay because of the difference in pay between her £440-an-episode pay for the BBC’s Newswatch and the £3,000 an episode Jeremy Vine received for Points of View.”

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Tags: BBC, equal pay, Samira Ahmed, wage gap