Reclaiming wages | BBC asks Huw Edwards to return £200k of his salary - what can HR do if he says no?

The BBC has asked disgraced news presenter Huw Edwards to return the salary he was paid after being arrested in November.

Edwards was the BBC's highest paid journalist and top news presenter until he quit in April, receiving an yearly salary of up to £479,999, according to the broadcaster’s annual report.

He had not been on screen since last July, following allegations he had paid a young person for sexually explicit photos, which was unconnected to the criminal charges he pleaded guilty to last month - of making indecent pictures of children - following an investigation which began with his arrest in November 2023.

The board of the BBC said it had authorised the broadcaster's management to seek the return of the salary Edwards had been paid between the time of his arrest and his resignation, around £200,000.