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'I'm hanging on to my £680,000 pay-off', says former BBC executive
A former BBC executive whose £680,000 pay-off was highlighted in a scathing official report
has insisted she will not return any money, and claimed that the broadcaster prevented her
from working her notice period.
Caroline Thomson, who was the chief operating officer, insisted that her compensation was
"completely legitimate" and was justified because she still did not have a full-time job.
A Conservative MP today called on former BBC executives who received big pay-offs to
consider following the example of Roly Keating, who sent back his £375,000. Rob Wilson,
the MP for Reading East, said that he was considering asking police to investigate after
one in four former BBC executives received more than they were entitled to. The National
Audit Office, which wrote the report, calculated that £1 million too much had been spent on pay-offs.