The impoverished BBC, which can barely afford a pot to piss in if you believe its regular tales of financial woe, has again been accused of spaffing public money up the wall.
Earlier this year, in an effort to balance the books, BBC staff were invited to apply for voluntary redundancy.
Figures have now emerged confirming that 221 jumped from the good ship Auntie, each receiving an average of £100,661.
A further 93 staff faced compulsory redundancy, each receiving an average of £46,773.
The total cost of redundancies since the start of this financial year has been £26.6 million.
With an annual TV licence now costing £157.50, the redundancy payments would have covered the licence payments of almost 170,000 over-75s who had the privilege removed at the start of August.
Julian Knight MP, chairman of the influential House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, branded the £26.6 million price tag a "slap in the face" to those over-75s now struggling to fund their own TV licence.
He said: "This is an egregious waste of licence fee money.
"Redundancy payouts in excess of £100,000 on average are a slap in the face for all those over-75s that the BBC is forcing to pay their licence fees."
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