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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mark Sweney

BBC boss not giving up on pursuit of £200,000 paid to Huw Edwards after arrest

Huw Edwards at Westminster Magistrates Court in July.
Huw Edwards at Westminster Magistrates Court in July. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing/Getty Images

The BBC director-general has said that he is not giving up on the pursuit of £200,000 paid to Huw Edwards after his arrest last year, and that the corporation may have to become more “muscular” and stop paying staff if they are suspended.

Tim Davie, appearing at the House of Lords communications and digital committee, also admitted that if Edwards fails to return the hundreds of thousands of pounds, securing its return through legal means would be difficult.

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