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This is beyond ridiculous – voluntary resignation gets you 450,000 pounds................................................eh?

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George Entwistle's £450,000 payment 'hard to justify' – No 10George Entwistle resigned just 54 days into the jobContinue reading the main story 
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Downing Street has criticised the BBC's decision to pay ex-director general George Entwistle a year's salary, calling it "hard to justify".

Sources said David Cameron believed it was a matter for Mr Entwistle's "conscience" whether to accept.

But BBC chairman Lord Patten said the £450,000 pay-off was "justified".

Mr Entwistle resigned on Saturday, after a Newsnight report led to former Tory treasurer Lord McAlpine being wrongly accused of child abuse.

He had been in the job for just 54 days. Under the terms of his contract, Mr Entwistle had been entitled to six months' pay on quitting.

Labour has been granted an urgent government statement on the issue in Parliament
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