The BBC's £79m pay bill for senior management is to be cut by a quarter under plans approved yesterday by the broadcaster's regulatory body, which will see more than 100 positions axed by 2013.
Executive directors also face an "indefinite" suspension of bonuses as part of the scheme, put forward after the BBC Trust ordered the executive in February to create a "clear and explicit discount" to BBC managers' remuneration compared with commercial broadcasters.
