The 37 BBC presenters who received stonking pay rises and FIVE that pocketed £40k or MORE

Across all 37 on-air presenters who received an increase, the BBC paid out a total of £812,000.

The five presenters who earned the highest wage increases were Nick Robinson, Huw Edwards, Justin Webb, Reeta Chakrabarti and Jon Kay.

Nick Robinson received the highest pay rise in the 2023/24 year with a salary increase of £70,000.

The presenter on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme received between £275,000-£279,999 in 2022/23 which rose to £345,000-£349,999 the following year.

Justin Webb also saw a wage increase of £40,000 leaving the presenter with a £320,000-£324,999 salary.

Meanwhile, Reeta Chakrabarti saw an increase of £55,000 raising her pay to £270,000-£274,999 in 2023/24.

Jon Kay, a host on BBC Breakfast, also saw a salary increase of £40,000, increasing his wage from between £185,000-£189,999 last year to £225,000-£229,999.

Chief operating adviser Leigh Tavaziva said: “To further build our digital capabilities, whilst targeting efficiencies, over the next two years we will continue to close and transfer roles in some areas and create new roles in growth areas.

“This will result in a forecast net reduction of 500 roles in the public service by March 26, with further growth in targeted areas planned in our commercial group.

“To support these changes we will today be launching a new voluntary redundancy scheme for staff.”

Listed below is the full list of BBC on-air presenters who received a pay rise in 2023/24:

1. Huw Edwards £475,000-£479,999 (up from £435,000-£439,999) (+40,000)

2. Greg James £415,000-£419,999 (up from £395,000-£399,999) (+20,000)

3. Fiona Bruce £405,000-£409,999 (up from £395,000-£399,999) (+10,000)

4. Stephen Nolan £405,000-£409,999 (up from £400,000-£404,999) (+5,000)

5. Lauren Laverne £395,000-£399,999 (up from £390,000-£394,999) (+5,000)

6. Naga Munchetty £345,000-£349,999 (up from £335,000-£339,999) (+10,000)

7. Nick Robinson £345,000-£349,999 (up from £275,000-£279,999) (+70,000)

8. Mishal Husain £340,000-£344,999 (up from £315,000-£319,999) (+25,000)

9. Laura Kuenssberg £325,000-£329,999 (up from £305,000-£309,999) (+ 20,000)

10. Justin Webb £320,000-£324,999 (up from £280,000-£284,999) (+40,000)

11. Sara Cox £315,000-£319,999 (up from £285,000-£289,999) (+30,000)

12. Scott Mills £315,000-£319,999 (up from £300,000-£304,999) (+ 15,000)

13. Clive Myrie £310,000-£314,999 (up from £285,000-£289,999) (+25,000)

14. Ros Atkins £290,000-£294,999 (up from £260,000-£264,999) (+ 30,000)

15. Evan Davis £290,000-£294,999 (up from £280,000-£284,999) (+ 10,000)

16. Reeta Chakrabarti £270,000-£274,999 (up from £215,000-£219,999) (+ 55,000)

17. Tina Daheley £270,000-£274,999 (up from £240,000-£244,999) (+ 30,000)

18. Faisal Islam £260,000-£264,999 (up from £230,000-£234,999) (+ 30,000)

19. Chris Mason £260,000-£264,999 (up from £225,000-£229,999) (+ 35,000)

20. Jo Whiley £245,000-£249,999 (up from £230,000-£234,999) (+ 15,000)

21. Jeremy Bowen £240,000-£244,999 (up from £230,000-£234,999) (+ 10,000)

22. Simon Jack £240,000-£244,999 (up from £210,000-£214,999) (+ 30,000)

23. Katya Adler £230,000-£234,999 (up from £225,000-£229,999) (+ 5,000)

24. Jon Kay £225,000-£229,999 (up from £185,000-£189,999) (+ 40,000)

25. Fergal Keane £225,000-£229,999 (up from £215,000-£219,999) (+ 10,000)

26. Sarah Smith £225,000-£229,999 (up from £220,000-£224,999) (+ 5,000)

27. Rachel Burden £220,000-£224,999 (up from £195,000-£199,999) (+ 25,000)

28. Alex Scott £220,000-£224,999 (up from £185,000-£189,999) (+ 35,000)

29. Rick Edwards £215,000-£219,999 (up from £178,000-£184,999) (+ 37,000)

30. Mark Easton £205,000-£209,999 (up from £195,000-£199,999) (+ 10,000)

31. Stephen Sackur £200,000-£204,999 (up from £190,000-£194,999) (+ 10,000)

32 Matthew Amroliwala £195,000-£199,999 (up from £178,000-£184,999) (+ 17,000)

33. Orla Guerin £195,000-£199,999 (up from £178,000-£184,999) (+ 17,000)

34. Sally Nugent £195,000-£199,999 (up from £178,000-£184,999) (+ 17,000)

35. Jonathan Agnew £190,000-£194,999 (up from £185,000-£189,999) (+ 5,000)

36. John Simpson £190,000-£194,999 (up from £178,000-£184,999) (+ 12,000)

37. Craig Charles £185,000-£189,999 (up from £178,000-£184,999) (+ 7,000)