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This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Take steps to ensure that whoever authorised the overpayments to 150 departing BBC employees is required to repay the overpayments.
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It has oft been stated by people in authority that the BBC's own rules were broken. It MUST, therefore, be the responsibility of the authorising senior manager to recoup the money.
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Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
This is a matter for the BBC and the BBC Trust.
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