the bbc has offered carrie gracie more money.on of equal pay, but her central allegation is that the bbc doesn't take this issue seriously because if it did, she will be paid the same as others with the same role. she is also calling for transparency and talks about ethnic minority gaps and other gaps potentially. you are a senior editor. would you be happy to have your pay published? personally, i feel that the bbc should be as transparent as possible because it belongs to the public, so i would be happy for my pay to be in the public domain? want to share it with us? as media editor, i get paid £133,000, soi media editor, i get paid £133,000, so i did not qualify for the £150,000 so i did not qualify for the £150 , 000 list. i so i did not qualify for the £150,000 list. i do other work which also takes me over £150,000. the bbc should be transparent. but in trying to report the subject, the thing i have come across is the immense anger that people at the bbc feel, especially senior women, about the fa ct especially senior women

gracie's grilling went on for 2.5 hours.director—general apologised for the situation. i'm sorry it went to a grievance, and i said upfront at the beginning i'd very much like to resolve the case of carrie gracie with her. and i'm sorry this has taken so long, and i'm sorry we're in this position, yes. he went on to explain for the first time in public why the bbc believe there is a hierarchy of roles among correspondents. the idea that every single editor, home and abroad, i would imagine, should be paid exactly the same, i don't agree with. it should not be a matter of gender, completely agree. outrageous if it was. but, you know, you have balances between different editors, and we need to be very upfront about what that, as it were, pecking order is. there are two parallel conversations happening today. carrie gracie spoke powerfully about the wider implications of her own case, and also the accumulated failures of the past. but the bbc management wanted to focus on the future. they want to shift this story from the injus

the bbc‘s china editor carrie gracie has quit her role in a dispute about equal pay, accusing the corporationf breaking the law. life is a daily struggle for education. and on newsnight, after a well—received speech at the golden globes, america is abuzz with talk that oprah will run for president in 2020. it will be an interesting election to see winfrey versus trump. could it happen? could she win? good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has been carrying out a reshuffle of her cabinet, with a few new faces, but the big beasts mostly staying in post. the education secretary justine greening has quit after refusing to move to the department for work and pensions. a previous junior minister in the department, esther mcvey, has stepped into the role instead. the immigration minister brandon lewis has been named as the new conservative party chairman, while jeremy hunt continues as health secretary but has been given an expanded role, including social care. our political editor laura kuenssberg's report contains flashing images. are you confident of staying in government? two—a

ms gracie accused the bbc of having a secretive and illegal pay culture.al ice sculpture competition, which has attracted artists from 1a countries around the world. the sculptors are given solid blocks of ice from the nearby songhua river. they can use tools of their choice and have three days in which to complete their imaginative designs, frostbite permitting. judging is on monday. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: theresa may has confirmed that she's about to carry out a reshuffle

carrie gracie is fluent in mandarin.e pay system is this territory at the bbc. it's a big story, we are sitting on the bbc‘s studio talking about is as we should. she feels she has a strong case, she wrote a public letter to the licence payer saying be warned, the licence payer saying be warned, the bbc may take on a case it cannot possibly win. those are fighting words the someone coming back to work within the corporation from being out in the field. it comes at a time ever so much attention in all matters in this. it sits beneath a photo of the times movement which is happening at the movement while women are fed up of being mistreated in the film industry, with sexual harassment and inequality clearly, this is a huge widening story and she has leg put as a figurehead. the bbc will say and is saying that we are carrying out reviews, we have looked at a variety of levels, they admit to having agenda pay gap of 10% which is a lot less than a lot of companies. but that compares average female pay. it was yesterday we saw

the bbc‘s china editor carrie gracie is stepping down from the role, citing pay gap differentials withle colleagues. the final preparations are made for the golden globes, the first major ceremony since hollywood was hit by sexual harassment scandals. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has been setting out her plans for the year ahead, and she's confirmed there'll be a cabinet reshuffle. it's expected tomorrow in what's seen as an attempt to reassert her authority. in a bbc interview, she defended the government's record on the nhs, saying problems in the health service weren't simply due to a lack of funding. labour has called the planned reshuffle "little more than a desperate pr exercise." here's our political correspondent, eleanor garnier. a new year, perhaps a fresh start after a torrid 2017, in which theresa may lost her majority in the general election, faced a rebellion from some of her own mps, was forced to deal with cabinet resignations and even had to sack her second—in—command. it means she starts the year with a reshuffle. well, no prizes for guessing, and

today, some turned up at the commons to support carrie gracie.st of china editor. we knew there was inequality. we didn't know the details because the bbc is extremely secretive on pay. but we knew we were underpaid. and i was to at this point where i knew i would get the china job, every last ounce of my skill and stamina, i knew i would do that at least as well as any man. carrie gracie described her shock at learning that two mail international editors were being paid at least 50% more than her. she said the bbc was offering backpay of a £20,000.” don't want that money, that is not what it is about for me. i feel my salary is a good salary, it is public money, that is not what it is about. they are still not giving me equality. as part of a grievance procedure she said the bbc explains her lower pay. they said that in the three previous yea rs, they said that in the three previous years, 2014 to 2016, i was in development. laughter and she spoke of the strain of being in conflict with her employer. the delays and the obfuscation and the belitt

this was carrie gracie speaking earlier. discovered the pay discrepancies at the bbc. they affected me very directly. i have spent the intervening time trying to put them right through an equal pay complaint, through a formal grievance. i have repeatedly told management that i would not find it possible to go back to china in the new year without the grievance resolved. it is still unresolved. i cannot collude in what i see as unlawful pay discrimination. the bbc has released a statement today. a separate report we are told for on air staff will be published in the not too distant future. this is carrie gracie's response to that.|j am carrie gracie's response to that.” am still disappointed by the bbc‘s response. the bbc talks about a gender pay gap but what i am talking about is not a gender pay gap where sometimes men and women are in different roles which explain the differences in pay. what i am talking about is pay discrimination which is when men are paid more for doing the same job or which is when men are paid more f

interests of transparency, i am a member of the bc women and signed the letter of support for carrie gracie. what is the context for this today? it was that the bbc announcement of top pay. it revealed, well, if you look at the top paid people on air, they were all men. two thirds of the best paid we re all men. two thirds of the best paid were men. and this revealed what this is all about, which is the fact that people don‘t know what people are being paid at the bbc at the top level. and carrie gracie, she found out that the other two international editors were being paid 50% more than her, and they were men. she has gone through a long process, and she said she was actually offered a pay rise but said what she wanted was equality, and she said that enough is enough. she has gone through what she says is a by xanthine procedure

it is worth saying that carrie gracie, who appears frequently on this programme, is a hugely respectedditor, she has been at the bbc for over 30 years. her allegation is that the bbc discriminates illegally against women by paying many of them less than men doing equivalentjobs. the key point of her letter is that she says that she does not want a pay rise, she wants to be paid the same as a man doing an equivalentjob of being an international editor. the bbc‘s response, they say they take this seriously and they have undertaken not one but three internal audits of pay, and that they go much further than other public organisations on the issue of equality. this is a moment of high danger for the corporation because last summer, it was forced against its will to publish the salaries of staff. some 200 women have complained internally and there is a huge issue in the corporation about pay. this is notjust now about internal staff management, this is about public perception of the corporation, and there is a real danger that if carrie gracie's letter leads to legal action, then the bbc an

carrie gracie was not satisfied with the bbc‘s response.she had to say. the bbc talks about a gender pay gap but what i'm talking about isn't a gender pay clap ware sometimes men and women are in different roles which explains the differences in pay. what i'm talking about is pay discrimination which is when men are paid more to doing the samejob or a job when men are paid more to doing the same job or a job of equal value. that is illegal. what to our viewers think about this? michelle bruce e—mailed. —— gross. colin robertson agreed.

the bbc‘s china editor, carrie gracie, steps down from the role — citing unequal pay compared with hereagues. i'm reged ahmad in london. also in the programme. sydney in australia experiences its hottest weather in nearly 80 years, with temperatures up to 47.3 degrees celsius. and — the indian child bride who has turned her life around to become a national wrestling champion. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. its newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 4pm in los angeles, where the film awards season gets under way in an hour's time — with the 75th golden globes. this will be no ordinary showbiz gathering. it's the first major awards ceremony since hollywood was hit by a succession of sexual harassment scandals involving some of the most powerful people in the industry. many are determined to highlight the issue by wearing black on the red carpet, in a show of support for victims. some winners could use their acceptance speeches to speak about it, too. this report from james cook in los angeles. this year the red carpet

carrie gracie spoke about the specific, as she sees a gracie spoke about the specific, as she sees a she sees a commentjustices of her case the past record of the bbc. tony hall and the others from the bbc were keen to talk about the future. and that umaga conversations never got together. we discovered to my clippings, and above all the bbc acknowledged it got certain things wrong and for the first time in public and said there is a difference between an automatic —— north america editor and china editor. had she been in north america, she would have been paid more. gillian howard is an employment lawyer. here is her take on the situation the bbc is in. the law was passed in 1970 and enacted in 1975, which required employers to give men and women equal pay when doing the same job or give men and women equal pay when doing the samejob or a job of similar nature, or work of equal value. it has taken an awfully long time for employers to wake up, and that is what they had to do. within pay grades and pay scales and players can of course give extra pay within a pay scale for skills, qua

carrie gracie is one of the most respected international editors of her generation.ut other people, but this time, she is the centre of the story. ms gracie resigned from her position as china editor because she is paid less than men who are also international editors. this morning, she presented the today programme on radio 4. it's been very moving, actually... the news of her resignation leaked out online last night. six months after the bbc was forced to reveal the salaries of some highly paid on air staff, ms gracie has been infuriated by the response to her grievance. she was offered a pay rise of £45,000 but declined it, saying equality is what she wants. she would not be drawn on whether she wanted male colleagues to take a pay cut. when i started the china job, i said i will only do this job if i'm paid equally. and injuly 2017, i discovered the enormous gap, that the two men who were international editors were earning 50% more, at least, than the two women who were international editors. the bbc has completed two of the three pay audits it announced last yea

carrie gracie says she will stay with the organisation in a different position.nd welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are parliamentary journalist, tony grew and the entertainment journalist, caroline frost. tomorrow's front pages. a reshuffle and the golden globes. who would have planned it? alongside a picture of the papers former editor peter preston the guardian says the prime minister is set to reassert control with a cabinet reshuffle next week. the financial times claims britain will push to remain under eu regulation when it comes to medicines and pharmaceuticals. the bbc‘s former china editor, carrie gracie, is pictured on the front page of the telegraph. it reports that the prime minister is set to appoint a ‘no deal brexit‘ cabinet minister. carrie gracie is also on the front of the times who details why she has has stepped down from her post at the bbc in protest at what she called an indefensible pay gap between men and women. the prime minister is on the front of the metro who quote an interview with th

a strong response to that of course from carrie gracie. strong accusations. i do not feel the bbc we re ever accusations. i do not feel the bbc were ever pinned down by the select committee. and there's the issue of the law as well, equal pay for equal work. in terms of the industry, with us media editor, does this go further, do you get the sense that other broadcasters, newspapers, looking at this and this percolates further? i think so, the sense i got from senior people on the issue is the view that the bbc are way ahead of the curve on gender pay. now the legal requirement is for equal pay and for equal work but on gender pay, the average pay between men and women in an organisation, the bbc feels they're doing better than others. it could have ripple effects, other parts of the industry could think we need to get our house and water because companies employing over 250 people are legally required to report on the gender pay gap. we had easyjet this week. on that issue the bbc feels it is doing well and wants to tell that story. but a

carrie gracis is one of the most respected international editors of her generation. people. this time she is the centre of the story. miss gracie resigned from her position as china editor because she is paid less than men who are also international editors. this morning she presented the today programme on radio 4. it's been very moving actually. the news of her resignation leaked out online last night. six months after the bbc was forced to reveal the salaries of some highly paid on air staff, miss gracie has been infuriated by the response to her grievance. she was offered a pay rise of £45,000 but declined it, saying equality is what she wants. she wouldn't be drawn on whether she wanted male colleagues to take a pay cut. when i started the china job, i said i will only do this job if i'm paid equally. injuly 2017, i discovered the enormous gap that the two men who were international editors were earning 50% more, at least, than the two women who were international editors. the bbc has completed two of the three pay audits it announced last year and found no evid

gracie's grilling went on for two and a half hours.on to explain for the first conversations happening today. carrie gracie spoke powerfully about the wider implications of her own case and also the accumulated failures of the past. but the bbc management wanted to focus on the future. they want to shift this story from the injustices faced by carrie gracie, to their new framework for greater transparency. the trouble is, many staff here have other ideas. the bbc has a clear plan and is largely ahead of the industry on gender inequality. though carrie gracie's case remains far from resolved, or unique. amol rajan, bbc news. president trump has used his first state of the union address to call on republicans and democrats to work together to rebuild american industries and to fix the country's immigration system. he said he'd advanced his mission to "make america great again" with record tax cuts, a booming stock market and a fall in unemployment. but democrats say he has left the nation fractured. our north america editor, jon sopel, r

the bbc‘s china editor carrie gracie is stepping down from the role — citing unequal pay with her male final preparations are made for the golden globes — the first major ceremony since hollywood was hit by sexual harassment scandals. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has defended her government's handling of the nhs, as she set out her plans for the coming year, including a cabinet reshuffle due tomorrow. theresa may insists the nhs has never been better prepared for winter pressures, and described thousands of postponed operations as part of the plan to cope. tomorrow's reshuffle, prompted by the forced resignation of the first secretary of state damian green, was described by labour as a pr exercise. our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports. a new year, perhaps a fresh start after a torrid 2017 in which theresa may lost her majority in the general election, faced a rebellion from some of her own mps, was forced to deal with cabinet resignations and even had to sack her second—in—command, damian green. it means she starts the year with a reshuffle. w

gracie has been infuriated by the response to her grievance. she was offered a pay rise of 45,000 pounds, but declined, saying equality is what she wants. she would not be torn on whether to tell male colleagues to take a pay cut. carrie: when i started the china job, i said i would only do the job if i were paid equally, and in july 2017, i discovered the enormous gap that 2 men who were international editors were earning 50% more at least than the 2 women who were international editors. reporter: the bbc has completed 2 of the three pay audits in t announced last year and has found no evidence of discrimination. the corporation declined to put anyone up for an interview, but in a statement, they said, "fairness in pay is vital. a significant number of organizations have published their gender pay figures showing that we are performing considerably better than many and are well below the national average." carrie: the bbc talks about the gender pay gap, but what i am talking about is not a gender pay gap, where sometimes men and women are in d

this is about public perception of the corporation and there is a danger that carrie gracie's letterd to legal action, then the bbc and bbc news could be generating headlines for all the wrong reasons. syria's state—run tv is reporting the army has broken a siege of a military base outside the capital, damascus. hundreds of soldiers were trapped inside after rebels surrounded the base in december, which borders the rebel—held territory of eastern ghouta. the rebel action has triggered heavy airstrikes and dozens of casualties. as andrew plant reports. smoke rising above abandoned buildings, a ruined town outside the capital, with syrian army tanks on the ground, and here smashing their way into the compound and freeing the army inside. the army has broken a siege here, a military transport compound surrounded by rebels for weeks — the latest battle in syria's seven year war. the rebel area of eastern ghouta, home to a00,000, is north—east of the capital, damascus. the military base under siege is in a townjust outside the capital. this was the syrian army's response to the rebel acti

how important do you think carrie gracie's letter is?r? cheer has done is brave and timely andi cheer has done is brave and timely and i hope the bbc and other organisations are listening because the women's movement is growing and we are seeing the women's movement is growing and we are seeing our the women's movement is growing and we are seeing our numbers grow. there is a huge resistance movement underway and companies would do well to ta ke underway and companies would do well to take that into account because equality is that if everyone and it makes everything work better. the headlines now. theresa may is about to start re—shuffling her cabinet with a new conservative party chairman among the changes. united in black. the stars come together at the globe and —— golden globes to call time on behalf of mint site —— scandal. carrie gracie speaks out about her decision to quit as bbc china editor in protest over equal pay up china editor in protest over equal pay up the corporation. and england end the ashes series against australia

carrie gracie has said she will return to work in the london newsroom.d it is systematic that the males in the bbc are promoted to the males in the bbc are promoted to the more senior posts and even where a woman is either doing the samejob or work of equal value, like carrie gracie, women are paid substantially less and that is illegal. it's important to differentiate between gender pay gap and equal pay, there‘s a real difference, gender pay gap references the average once it is pulled out across alljobs but equal pay is the fact a man and a woman might be doing the samejob but aren‘t paid the same for it. exactly. there are two forms of equal pay, the situation where a woman is doing exactly the same job as the man or work that isn‘t materially different, then there‘s work of equal value and if you take carrie gracie‘s case for example, she was the editor of the china desk. well, editors of otherworldly or country desks who are men have been paid substantially more. one could argue the two males she has compared her sofa with are not doing even equal

presenting radio 4‘s today programme on monday morning withjohn humphreys was carry gracie who untiln the china editor. her resignation from that post appeared on the front pages of several ever that day‘s newspapers and led to discussions in parliament, as well as throughout the media. how did it come to this? the row stems from the publication last summer of the salaries of the bbc‘s best paid on—air employees. carrie gracie with £135,000 did not appear on that list, but she noticed that two other international on—air editors did, jermey bowen, earning between £150,000 editors did, jermey bowen, earning between £150 , 000 and editors did, jermey bowen, earning between £150,000 and £200,000 and jon sopel with 200,000 to £250,000. having thought she had secured pay parity with men on equivalent roles when she took up the post, she initiated a grievance procedure against her employer. frustrated with the lack of progress, on sunday said she would leave china and return to the london newsroom. bbc management refused our request for someone management refused our request for someone to

carrie gracie is leaving herjob as china editor citing what she called an "indefensible" pay gap withlleagues. she made the announcement in an open letter, in which she said that the bbc was breaking equality law. our media editor amol rajan explains more. it is worth saying that carrie gracie, who appears frequently, is a hugely respected international editor who has been at the bbc for over 30 years. her allegation is that the bbc discriminates illegally against women by paying them less than men doing equivalentjobs. the key point of the letter says that she does not want a pay rise, she wants to be paid the same as a man who is doing an equivalent job as an international editor. the bbc says they take this seriously and they have undertaken three internal audits of pay and they go much further than other public organisations on the issue of equality. this is a moment of high danger for the corporation because the last time it was forced against its will to publish the salaries of staff. now they will be on the front page of the times — many women have complained internally and the

ms gracie accused the bbc of having a secretive and illegal pay culture.nd this video is trending on bbc.com: in the chinese city of harbin, an international ice sculpture competition, which has attracted artists from m countries around the world. the sculptors are given solid blocks of ice from the nearby songhua river. they can use tools of their choice and have three days in which to complete their imaginative designs, frostbite permitting. judging is on monday. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: theresa may has confirmed that she's about to carry out a reshuffle amid reports that several ministers could be sacked. stay with bbc news. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. the stream of high—level europeans visiting china continues as french president macron comes calling on chinese president xi. aru filing for divorce in india? well, there it is an app for that, find out how to navigate the legal system online. welcome to asia business report. china appears to be the place to vi

the bbc‘s former china editor, carrie gracie, is pictured on the front page of the telegraph.ports that the prime minister is set to appoint a no—deal brexit cabinet minister. carrie gracie is also on the front of the times, who details why she has has stepped down from her post at the bbc in protest at what she called an indefensible pay gap between men and women. the prime minister is on the front of the metro, who quote an interview with the journalist andrew marr, who told theresa may that when he had a stroke in 2013 nhs delays would have killed him. the front page of the i also has a picture from that interview, with quotes from theresa may claiming she has listened to the voters. the daily express says that britain is in the grip of a killerflu, the worst outbreak for 50 years. the daily mail claims that children are being bombarded with gambling adverts during televised football matches. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. india. a vast country, home to over a billion people, birthplace of illustrious ancient civilisations and today, a fast emerging global

carrie gracie was the bbc‘s china editor, but has now left that post. the reason?s revealed, being paid around 50% more than the women. six months ago we discovered the pay discrepancies at the bbc. they affeceted me very directly. i've spent the intervening time trying to put them right through an equal pay complaint, through a formal grievance. i have repeatedly told management i would not find it possible to go back to china in the new year without the grievance resolved. it is still unresolved and i cannot collude in what i see as unlawful pay discrimination. it has been very moving. and this morning, she was presenting the today programme, talking about the support she had received for her stand. the bbc says an independent review of staff pay had not revealed systematic discrimination. its gender pay gap of 9.3% is around half that of the national average and it was committed to closing that, and it would also soon be publishing a full review of how it pays its top presenters and editors. but carrie gracie said she was offered a £45,000 pay increase, but turn

carrie gracie was the bbc‘s china editor, but has now left that post. the reason? the bbc. they affected me very directly. i've spent the intervening time trying to put them right through an equal pay complaint, through a formal grievance. i have repeatedly told management i would not find it possible to go back to china in the new year without the grievance resolved. it is still unresolved and i cannot collude in what i see as unlawful pay discrimination. it has been very moving. and this morning, she was presenting the today programme, talking about the support she had received for her stand. the bbc says an independent review of staff pay had not revealed systematic discrimination. its gender pay gap of 9.3% is around half that of the national average and it was committed to closing that, and it would also soon be publishing a full review of how it pays its top presenters and editors. but carrie gracie said she was offered a £45,000 pay increase, but turned it down, saying it was a botched solution. the real answer, she says, is a fair and open pay system for ev

carrie gracie gave evidence for 2.5 hours and it was very passionate and emotive. obviously talking about her own personal experience and she has really put her career on the line for it. she clocked about her grievance and her grievance procedure, and about how she had been told she was receiving a much lower salary. with someone with a 30 year career lower salary. with someone with a 30 yearcareer in lower salary. with someone with a 30 year career injohn lower salary. with someone with a 30 year career in john osman, lower salary. with someone with a 30 year career injohn osman, speaking mandarin chinese, that is an insult. —— injournalism. mandarin chinese, that is an insult. —— in journalism. you mandarin chinese, that is an insult. —— injournalism. you can see the likes of kate silverton, mariella frostrup and others in the picture. the bosses came after 2.5 hours for another two hour roasting themselves. jack, you worked at the daily miller formally. —— themselves. jack, you worked at the daily millerformally. —— daily mirror formerly. what was that the situ

here carrie gracie has been explaining why she has quit as our china editor.l look at theresa may's cabinet reshuffle.

including carrie gracie, is that right? that's correct.lls within the equality act, essentially a discrimination issue, it's an issue of quip and men being paid the same for equal work. it's different to the gender pay gap or statistics that we are hearing a lot about at the moment because this is the first year that the requirements to report on gender pay stats have come in so employers are dog this on a regular basis and will do up until about easter time. the bbc has reporth reported its gender pay statistics and is one of the statistics it uses against carrie's letter today that its stats look quite healthy as compared to national average which is 18% discrepancy between male and female pay, the bbc‘s is around 9%. gender pay statistics or the gender pay reporting we are seeing is across the organisation, it takes groups of men, groups of women, come bares them against each other and comes out with a statistic but it doesn't deal with individual issues of discrimination like the one carrie is complaining of. let us look at equal pay.

the bbcjournalist carrie gracie has stepped down from her role as china editor because, she says, sheiminates against women. in an open letter to license fee payers, she accuses the bbc of breaking the law on equal pay and failing to live up to its values of trust, honesty and accountability. the bbc has responded, saying fair pay is vital and than an independent audit of rank and file staff found "no systemic discrimination against women." our media editor amol rajan has more. chinese once called chairman mao "the great helmsman. " carrie gracis is one of the most respected international editors of her generation. for more than 30 years, she has broadcast about other people. but this time, she is the centre of the story. ms gracie resigned from her position as china editor because she is paid less than men who are also international editors. morning. morning, carrie. this morning she presented the today programme on radio 4. it's been very moving, actually. the news of her resignation leaked out online last night. six months after the bbc was forced to reveal the salaries of some hig

carrie gracie was not satisfied with the bbc‘s response.arrie gracie was not satisfied with the bbc's response. this is what she had to say. the bbc talks about a gender pay gap but what i'm talking about isn't a gender pay clap ware sometimes men and women are in different roles which explains the differences in pay. what i'm talking about is pay discrimination which is when men are paid more to doing the samejob or a job when men are paid more to doing the same job or a job of equal value. that is illegal. what to our viewers think about this? michelle bruce e—mailed. —— gross. colin robertson agreed. but the peter stewart, it wasn't the gap in tel aviv that was the issue at their level. —— baz. there were more people leaving their jobs at westminster this week as theresa may made some changes to her ministerial team. on tuesday the deputy political editor of the bbc john pienaar had a glimpse of the new cabinet. allowed through the door at number ten today for a quick peek at new look cabinet. nobody move, almost nobody moved yesterday b

carrie gracie, speaking this morning.irst, the headlines on bbc news: patrick mcloughlin has left his post as conservative party chairman in theresa may's reshuffle, as he is replaced by immigration minister brandon lewis. former football coach barry bennell pleads guilty to seven child sets offences. and all dressed in black in solidarity with victims, the stars come together at the golden globes to call time on hollywood's sexual harassment scandal. good afternoon, the business news now. british businesses are more confident about their future. this comes from the industry group, the eef. new figures show two out of five say they expect trading conditions to improve this year, both domestically and for exports. shares in baby and child retailer mothercare have slumped nearly 30% after it issued a profit warning. analysts say the retailer didn't cut prices before christmas. sales fell 7.2% during that 12 week period, and then it was forced to slash prices in the end—of—year sales and that hit the bottom line. and even on

carrie gracie took up the post as the first china editorfor the bbc about gracie took up the post asna editor for the bbc about four years ago. we will bring you the bbc‘s response to this story. fairness in pay is vital, says the bbc. a significant number of organisations have published their figures. we are performing better than many and below the national average. alongside that we have already conducted an independent audit of pay for rank and file staff, which showed no to systemic discrimination against women. it goes on to say a separate report for on—air staff will be published in the not too distant future. the bbc saying fairness is vital but carrie gracie making the point that fair pay and equal pay are not the same thing and the gender pay gap is different from ensuring equality of pay across a company. there will be more on that throughout the evening no doubt on bbc news. sydney has experienced its hottest weather in 80 years. temperatures reached 47.3 celsius. there have been several major bushfires and athletes have struggled to complete their matches. it is summer i

carrie gracie is one of the most respected international editors of her generation.tor because she is paid less than men who are also international editors. this morning, she presented the today programme on radio 4. it's been very moving, actually... the news of her resignation leaked out online last night. six months after the bbc was forced to reveal the salaries of some highly paid on air staff, ms gracie has been infuriated by the response to her grievance. she was offered a pay rise of £45,000 but declined it, saying equality is what she wants. she would not be drawn on whether she wanted male colleagues to take a pay cut. when i started the china job, i said i will only do this job if i'm paid equally. and injuly 2017, i discovered the enormous gap, that the two men who were international editors were earning 50% more, at least, than the two women who were international editors. the bbc has completed two of the three pay audits it announced last year, and found no evidence of discrimination. the final one will report in a matter of weeks. the corporation decli

hello, sweetie. >> have a seat, you two. >> audrey, gracie, gracie, audrey. okay.ou. >> nice to see you too. >> i got to ask you, grace, tell us what has it been like getting to know your sister. >> it's been fun, we get to do a lot of things together. we went cliff diving and horseback riding. >> cliff diving. >> cliff jumping. >> adventurous. >> yes. >> adopt me. [ applause ] sounds like a fun family. what have you found the similarities, audrey, that you all have? both of you. >> we kind of talk the same and like -- we laugh the same. >> a lot the same. >> yeah. >> and we both are very athletic. we like math. we like the same foods like pasta and pizza and fries. >> the carbs. >> okay, gracie, we know all these things you found out about each other. what is the one thing that surprised you about audrey? >> i'm surprised that audrey was a lefty because like she -- like i'm a righty but i part my hair on my left so i thought audrey would like part her hair on her right but it's the same. >> yes. >> the parents to see the similarities and difference, jennifer. >> t

a calm and measured carrie gracie at times but also a very emotional and angry carrie gracie at timesimpact these things have. for the last hour and a half it has been extraordinary to watch. not just and a half it has been extraordinary to watch. notjust because i work at the bbc. anybody part of any large organisation to recognise elements of certain elements to it. if you just go through the details about it, she talks about a promised equality when she got the china job and she feels she was lied to. when she saw how much her male colleagues are getting and realise some of them we re are getting and realise some of them were getting more than 50% more than her, it was fury. but i think it has been doubled, troubled by the way she feels as though she has been treated since she talked about the grievance procedure. when she was offered more money and told at the beginning of her period, given that she's been a journalist on five yea rs or she's been a journalist on five years or so, she was in development. that actually raised a laugh within the select committee, didn't it? that act

carrie gracie is one of the most respected international correspondents of her generation.the bbc, her latest position was a high—profile and uniquely challenging post, responsible for covering over a billion people in a superpower that is repressive toward journalists. yet she is paid less than two bbc reporters who do similarjobs and are men. in an explosive letter to license fee payers, she says the bbc has "a secretive and illegal pay culture and is not living up to its stated values of trust, honesty and accountability. " a big welcome back to claudia! last summer, the corporation was forced to disclose salaries of some on—air staff paid over £150,000. it revealed a gender pay gap. not only are men generally being paid more, but the appearance that some women were being paid less for doing equivalent work. the bbc has embarked on not one but three audits of pay across staff. it says it has gone much further than most organisations on equality, and is determined to do more. but this is a moment of high danger for the corporation. with over 200 female staff complaining f

the bbc‘s china editor carrie gracie has quit over equal pay,

the journalist carrie gracie, who resigned as the bbc‘s china editor in protest at unequal pay, has accusedhe corporation of having an illegal pay culture.

this is about much more thanjust carrie gracie's pay deal.noon was quite extraordinary viewing, because the issue about pay and equality at the bbc has been front—page news now for months. and yesterday, we had a big independent report saying there was no gender bias in the way that the bbc awards its pay. however, this gave you a true inside track on the emotional impact this actually has on an individual. this will humanise the story. i know carrie gracie pretty well, she is a tough cookie, and when you watch her, you realise the sense of injustice and betrayal. she had been promised, she said, she would have absolute equality with her male colleagues. and four years down the line, she says there is a 50% gap. so that is what we are seeing, the sense of incredulity, what happened when the bbc was forced to release those salaries. there is a good story behind how this happened, it was equal when they made the promise, and then things changed. but it gave you a real sense of what the pay dispute in the pay gap actually means in personal terms

accusations of unfair pay off resignation of carrie gracie.not exist, we would need to invent it. as the treasured national institution for the bbc not only uphold but be a beacon for the values that we hold dear, that includes fair pay and equal pay for jobs. this by introducing equal pay in charter, this government after the leadership of my two predecessors has roughly improved bbc transparency and shone a light on genderand bbc transparency and shone a light on gender and pay issues on the bbc. this new transparency includes requiring the bbc annually to publish the salary details of all bbc staff paid more than £150,000. is publishing these details until i resulted in needed public scrutiny at pay at the bbc. the overall gender pay gap up the bbc is 9%. the figures also showed two thirds of those earning £150,000 were men, and reveal a lack of staff from the am each backgrounds among top earners -- bame each backgrounds among top earners —— bame background. somewhat uncomfortable with the results, john humphrys acknowledged he would not n

times, human rights probe, jennl financial times, human rights probe, jenni, in relation to carrie gracie's story running all day on the bbc, you're on china editor has found that she is being paid much less than the male international editors, and she said she doesn't want this to be about wanting more pay, butjust about wanting more pay, butjust about equality. and estimate the human rights commission is saying it wa nts human rights commission is saying it wants clarification from the bbc to make sure they are doing their legal duty and making sure women are being treated equally, so the bbc is not going to get away with the kind of fudge with which it has pushing its women away with. the bbc would say it has had an independent audit and there is no systemic problem there, but there you go. we have been discussing an all—day, yes, indeed. yes, but it was discovered that was not true. martin, male fertility, front page of the telegraph. write a worrying story and a very interesting story. —— this is quite a worrying story. if you take the study from a danish university in copenhagen, from

carrie gracie has resigned as the b.b.c.'s china editor and she's penned this open letter where she explains that last summer when the b.b.c. revealed the salaries of its highest paid staff she discovered that the two men who do the same job as her essentially as international editors but in other regions get paid much more than the two women who do those jobs as well take a listen to what she had to say master law i learned that in the previous financial year the two men least fifty percent more than the two women these revelations damaged the trust of b.b.c. staff gary gracie said that the only solution that she had for her b.b.c. bosses would be for all four international editors at the b.b.c. to be paid the same amount and crucially she wasn't after a pay rise she simply wanted equal pay however her bosses at the b.b.c. instead offered her a substantial pay rise but one that was nowhere near equal pay and she says that the b.b.c. told her that quite simply the men's jobs were worth more and those two men's jobs are north

ms gracie accused the bbc of having a "secretive and illegal pay culture".n explosion in syria's northwestern city of idlib, said to have targeted the government opposition, has killed at least 18 people, the syrian observatory for human rights said ten people were injured in the attack. sydney in australia has experienced its hottest weather in nearly 80 years, with temperatures reaching 47 point three degrees celsius. in south australia, a fast moving bush fire has been burning out of control. at ten 0'clock, clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the days news. first we continue our life stories season, with ‘celebrating life at 117‘ welcome to my great—grandmother's 117th birthday. right now, she is taking pictures of people who have come to see her and celebrate this big day with her. there is more than 90 years difference between me and her. she's 117 and i am just 23. i am priscilla ng'ethe. i am returning to my ancestral home in kenya to celebrate a remarkable birthday of one of the oldest people in the world. my great—grandmother, elizabet