bbc male presenters.

But it must be awful for those poor men, knowing that Claudia Winkleman earns more than they do!

I wonder how much of a pay cut this will be. I bet it will not bring their salaries down in line with the female presenters. Jeremy Vine reputedly earns £700,000-£749,000. In my opinion this is way too much. Also, what does Claudia Winkleman do to deserve £450,000 pa?

I am with mollie here. (They still need to reduce the salary of people like C Evans I think. Leave the BBC with more of our money to produce the brilliant programmes they are so capable of).

That's a good idea humptydumpty They could add up the total bill for the presenters and make sure that those doing an equal job should have equal pay, the men's could go down a bit, and the women's could go up a bit.

Are there any male (TV) light entertainment presenters on the BBC?

Yet Claudia Winkleman is the highest paid light entertainment presenter by the BBC

Agree, BBC has finite budget, the available pot should be shared out equally where women and men are doing the same job.

I agree the salary bill needs to come down for all at the bbc, but I don't think this was the correct time to do it, insulting to the women .

Personally I think the men’s earnings were vastly inflated and as a licence payer I’m happy to see the salary bill come down.

I thought exactly that. Bit unfair on the men but a huge insult to the women.