Letter: Unhealthy perk

The Taxpayers' Alliance has just uncovered some rather disturbing information about the BBC.
By The Newsroom
Published 27th May 2011, 18:33 BST
Updated 27th May 2011, 23:15 BST

In the past three years, the organisation has spent more than 2.3 million on private health insurance for staff.

In 2010 the cost for 532 staff was an eye-watering 761,438, the equivalent of 5,233 TV licences that we are forced to pay for. If private companies wish to pay for private health insurance then that is their prerogative.

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As Mathew Sinclair of the Taxpayers' Alliance said: "Viewers already pay for the NHS through their taxes and if it is good enough for us, it is good enough for BBC staff. Cutting costly perks would be a quick and painless saving."

How many other taxpayer-funded organisations provide this perk at our expense?

Cancelling all public sector funded health cover would help to protect front-line services.

This is a great chance for David Cameron to prove that "we are all in this together".

Clark Cross

Springfield Road

Linlithgow

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