BBC trustee defends Entwistle payoff

A BBC trustee who was involved in the decision to give George Entwistle a £450,000 (€560,000) payoff for resigning as director general insisted today he still believes it was the right thing to do.

Anthony Fry said that Mr Entwistle made clear he wanted a full year’s salary as a condition of resigning after just 54 days in the job – twice as much as he was entitled to under his contract and the same as he would have got for being sacked.