Garvey’s £30,000 pay rise

JANE Garvey has admitted she was afraid to fight the BBC in an equal pay case – but told how bosses handed her a £30,000 pay rise anyway.

The Woman’s Hour host claimed the BBC makes things ‘difficult’ for women who try and pursue a legal complaint and she ‘lacked the courage’ to do so. She told an event hosted by industry campaign group The Radio Academy: ‘Frankly I lacked the courage to fight an equal pay claim, because it just seemed like too much work.’

In an indictment of the BBC’s attempts to deal with the problem, she told corporation radio chief Bob Shennan it was difficult for women to fight equal pay claims. Miss Garvey questioned what she had done to deserve the £30,000 pay rise she was handed in 2017.