Pay of Match of the Day host unchanged in year he was suspended for criticising ministers’ language
Gary Lineker has maintained his position as the BBC’s highest paid presenter in a year when he was suspended for criticising the language used by ministers when discussing the government’s asylum policy, the BBC annual report reveals.
The Match of the Day host was paid £1.35m in the last financial year, the same amount he received the previous year, and well ahead of the BBC’s second highest earner, Zoe Ball, who remained on £980,000 a year.
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