Ross and Moyles face pay cuts in new £400m BBC squeeze

With BBC director general Mark Thompson yesterday announcing the broadcaster must make make further painful budgets cuts of £400m over three years, Jonathan Ross might be wise to check out our Budget Tie Zone.

Ross, along with other top talent such as Chris Moyles, is expected to be asked to take a 10% pay cut. The chatshow host is reported to be earning £6m a year. A wage drop of £600,000 a year will see Ross needing to cut down his spending somewhere along the line... and what with his love for ties, we think we can help!

Our Budget Tie Zone features quality ties priced at just £4.99. Patterned and plain ties available at less than a fiver! Some of the patterned ties will probably cater best for the extravagant tastes of Ross though, we feel.

Read full story of BBC budget cuts here.

BBC Right To Suspend Ross?

We have all seen the mass coverage of the fall-out from Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand's prank calls to Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs' answerphone last week. The BBC ultimately decided to suspend Ross for 12 weeks without pay for his role in the calls, which were aired on Brand's BBC Radio 2 show.

As one of Britain's most famous tie wearer's we are interested to see if you think Ross has been treated harshly. Perhaps you think the punishment is too lenient and the furore is all a storm in a teacup? Do you think the chat show host should have been sacked?

Please give your opinion by voting on our poll and discussing the scandal in the comments box below...


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