Andrew Neil happy to reveal salary as he is so industrious

Andrew Neil has admitted he earns more than the British Prime Minister, and would be happy for his BBC salary to be revealed as long as the number of programmes on which he appears every year is also taken into consideration.

The political broadcaster addressed the recent request by the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee that BBC stars who earn more than the PM’s £143,000 salary should be forced to publish their salaries.

He told Radio Times: "I have no problem with that at all. I’d only put in one caveat, which is that next to the salary they should put the number of programmes we do every year."