Huw Edwards, who was suspended from the BBC last July, was getting at least £125,000 over a three year period.
BBC Breakfast presenter Munchetty has pocketed in excess of £155,000Three BBC news presenters have racked up lucrative six figure incomes from their outside speaking engagements in the past three years, including Huw Edwards and Naga Munchetty .
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Huw Edwards, whose wife Vicky Flind revealed last summer that he was suffering from 'serious mental health issues', has not been working since he was suspended from the BBC. Clive Myrie has earned more than £130,000 from external work since the BBC started publishing the payments in 2021 Mr Myrie, 59, whose last published pay at the BBC was £285,000, was paid 'Over £10k' on five occasions including for Guernsey Alzheimer's Association and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners.
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