Kirsty Wark: BBC gender pay gap was ‘absolutely outrageous’

Newsnight host Kirsty Wark has criticised what she called an “absolutely outrageous” gender pay gap at the BBC.

The broadcaster sparked controversy when the salaries of top talent earning over £150,000 was revealed.

Wark, 63, told Good Housekeeping magazine: “People were genuinely shocked. There were pay gaps between men and women on different programmes that were outrageous.

“The Today programme was one of them.

“The idea that women should be paid less for doing an equal job is absolutely outrageous and what happened was that either knowingly or unknowingly, the BBC let that grow… and so it is being redressed now and it will have to be redressed.”