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Old 21st Nov 2013, 21:30
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SilsoeSid

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… and here's one back at your old employer YOP;

BBC spends £26,000 on taxis between London and Salford - Telegraph

Figures obtained by The Daily Telegraph under Freedom of Information show that the corporation spent more than £1.9million on rail, air and taxi travel between London and the corporation's new headquarters in Salford.
A total of 61 taxi bookings were made for the 200 mile journey, costing £420 each. The majority of the taxis were booked for guests on programmes based in Salford, such as BBC Breakfast, BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sport.
A further 201 staff and guests opted to fly between London and Manchester, costing licence free payers £25,000.
The biggest bill, however, was for rail travel, with 26,265 journeys made between London and Manchester at a total cost of £1.9million. Spending on rail travel has almost doubled since 2011.

Many staff working in Salford have opted not to move there permanently.
A total of 174 staff have taken advantage of a halfway-house deal, officially called the "remote location allowance", under which they keep their main home in London and have some of their rent and expenses paid.
Each member of staff is given an allowance of up to £3,390 a month before tax, equivalent to £40,680 a year. To date, this has cost the corporation £3.3 million.
Susanna Reid and Bill Turnbull, the BBC breakfast presenters are among those who have taken advantage of the allowance.
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