BBC’s Chris didn’t bargain on a payrise!

THE BBC’s new political editor, Chris Mason, is clearly not letting his promotion go to his head.

Although he’s been handed a huge pay rise, the 42-year-old Yorkshireman didn’t head straight to the Queen’s grocer Fortnum & Mason. He was happy to push a trolley at budget supermarket Aldi in London, where he lives with his wife, Polly, and their two children.

This week, Mason succeeded Laura Kuenssberg, who earned £250,000 per year. Mason said his former political correspondent salary was £60,000 per year.