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		</div><p>The BBC has revealed its best-paid stars &#8211; with Zoe Ball, Vanessa Feltz and Claudia Winkleman in a list still topped by Gary Lineker.</p>
<p>Match Of The Day presenter Lineker retains his spot with the highest pay packet, of between £1,750,000 and £1,754,999.</p>
<p>Former Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans is still on the list, with around £1.25 million, as he only quit his Breakfast Show in December.</p>
<p>Graham Norton completes an all-male trio at the top, pocketing between £610,000 and £614,999 for payments for his Radio 2 presenting job and &#8220;a range of programmes and series&#8221;, not including his chat show.</p>
<p>That is up on Norton&#8217;s salary of £600,000 to £609,999 published last year.</p>
<p>Evans&#8217;s Breakfast Show replacement Zoe Ball is one of the women to make the top 10 for the first time, with £370,000 to £374,999.</p>
<p>The figure for her salary will rise next year as she only started her job in January.</p>
<p>Claudia Winkleman is now in the top 10 &#8211; as other big-name stars such as Today presenter John Humphrys have taken pay cuts.</p>
<p>But her salary, of around £370,000, does not include payments for Strictly Come Dancing.</p>
<p>Vanessa Feltz completes the list of three women in the top 10, with around £355,000 for work on Radio 2 and Radio London.</p>
<p>Men in the top 10 include TV newsreader Huw Edwards, who has taken a pay cut and is now on around £490,000 and fourth in the list.</p>
<p>DJ Steve Wright has also taken a cut and is on around £465,000 and in fifth place.</p>
<p>But Match Of The Day pundit Alan Shearer&#8217;s listed salary has gone up.</p>
<p>He is on £440,000 to £444,999, up from £410,000 to £419,999 last year.</p>
<p>Top 10 Talent Payments:</p>
<ul>
<li>Gary Lineker £1,750,000 &#8211; £1,754,999</li>
<li>Chris Evans £1,250,000 &#8211; £1,254,999</li>
<li>Graham Norton £610,000 &#8211; £614,999</li>
<li>Huw Edwards £490,000 &#8211; £494,999</li>
<li>Steve Wright £465,000 &#8211; £469,999</li>
<li>Alan Shearer £440,000 &#8211; £444,999</li>
<li>Andrew Marr £390,000 &#8211; £394,999</li>
<li>Zoe Ball £370,000 &#8211; £374,999</li>
<li>Claudia Winkleman £370,000 &#8211; £374,999</li>
<li>Vanessa Feltz £355,000 &#8211; £359,999</li>
<li>Jason Mohammad £355,000 &#8211; £359,999</li>
</ul>
<p>The figures are the first salary disclosures since the BBC announced it would be scrapping the universal free TV licence for over-75s.</p>
<p>And they came after the BBC&#8217;s director-general said the public backs the broadcaster giving high salaries to &#8220;big stars&#8221; because they are &#8220;talented and entertaining&#8221;.</p>
<p>The top 10 also includes Andrew Marr (£390,000) and broadcaster Jason Mohammad (£355,000), whose salary has also gone up from between £260,000 and £269,999 in the last published list.</p>
<p>BBC director-general Tony Hall said the broadcaster had &#8220;turned the corner on gender pay&#8221;.</p>
<p>He said: <em>&#8220;When we first published the figures for top talent, there was a 75:25 split between men and women.</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;The projection for 2019/20 is now 55:45. This is significant change. The task is not complete, we are not complacent, but we are well on our way.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>He said the broadcaster was &#8220;holding our own against the big streaming giants&#8221;.</p>
<p>Citing <em>&#8220;record levels of efficiency&#8221;</em>, he said: <em>&#8220;The decision to continue funding free TV licences for over-75s on pension credit makes it all the more important that the BBC does everything possible to help itself financially.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>The BBC announced that free licences will be restricted to over-75s who claim pension credit from June 1 next year.</p>
<p>Stars such as Len Goodman and Dame Esther Rantzen have criticised the end of the universal payments, and many have urged the Government to commit to the funding.</p>
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