'Hard to justify' severance pay-off to BBC Director General says Cameron

The British Prime Minister has said that it is 'hard to justify' the £450,000 (€562,000) severance pay-off for the BBC's outgoing Director General.

George Entwistle resigned on Saturday following the scandal surrounding the Newsnight investigation into alleged child abuse.

The man who is temporarily taken over his position, Tim Davie, is promising to get a grip on the crisis: