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1 Jul 2013

James Purnell: ‘BBC report is embarrassing’

As the National Audit Office accuses the BBC of breaching its own guidelines in pay-offs for staff, the former Culture Secretary James Purnell describes their report as “humbling” and “embarrassing”.

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