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Newswatch presenter Samira Ahmed
NEWSWATCH presenter Samira Ahmed won her sex-discrimination case against the BBC today, when an employment tribunal judge ruled that she was underpaid for her work.
In its written judgement, the panel compared her salary to that which Jeremy Vine received for presenting Points of View and stated: “The difference in pay in this case was striking.
“Jeremy Vine was paid more than six times what the claimant was paid for doing the same work.”
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