FORMER BBC Breakfast star Louise Minchin has broken her silence on her ‘horrific’ battle to be paid the same as her male co-stars. While speaking to Emily Dean on her Walking the Dog podcast, Louise, 55, revealed that she had been given numerous excuses about why her pay wasn’t the same as her male counterparts. 4 Former BBC Breakfast star Louise Minchin has opened up about her 'horrific' equal pay battle Credit: PA 4 Louise presented the BBC morning show from 2016 to 2021 Credit: BBC 4 During that time she took legal action against the BBC for paying her and other women less than their male co-stars Credit: pixel8000 The BBC presenter explained that she knew she was being underpaid, but it wasn’t until the broadcaster published its pay report in 2017 that she realised it was a systemic problem.
The report detailed the salaries of every BBC employee who earned over £150,000. Louise said she remembered seeing it and noting “it was pretty much all men apart from a couple of women.” “And at that point I just thought ‘oh wow, this is actually way more serious than I thought it was,’” she added.
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