Rejected petition Should BBC Stars Salaries Be Made Public?

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Every pound the BBC takes from licence fee-payers must be shown to have been spent well The BBC must publicly identify the names and salaries of its highest-paid stars This will significantly increase the degree of transparency and help restore confidence after a series of scandals and controversies. All this must be debated by Members of Parliament

This petition was rejected

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 Trust to decide upon, although the Government is taking a close interest.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 18 October 2013
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