Four news presenters accuse BBC of ‘grinding down’ women over pay

Martine Croxall, Karin Giannone, Kasia Madera and Annita McVeigh tell tribunal hearing broadcaster discriminated against them

Four senior female news presenters have accused the BBC of “grinding down” women on pay and failing to tackle persistent pay discrimination at a tribunal court hearing in London.

The presenter Martine Croxall – alongside Karin Giannone, Kasia Madera and Annita McVeigh – accused the broadcaster of conducting a “sham recruitment exercise” after they lost their jobs when the BBC merged its domestic and global news channels last year.