By Jessica Goodfellow

Sir Philip Hampton, the co-chair of a government-commissioned review into increasing the number of women in senior executive roles, is facing widespread criticism after accusing women working at the BBC for ‘letting the pay gap happen’.

Speaking in the wake of the BBC pay row, Hampton questioned how the top female workers had “sat in this situation”, in a contentious interview with the Evening Standard.

“How has this situation arisen at the BBC that these intelligent, high-powered, sometimes formidable women have sat in this situation?” he said.

“They [female broadcasters] are all looking at each other now Read full story ›

Source: The Drum