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Another BBC expenses shocker

Mark Byford, BBC Deputy Director General
Frugal tastes? Mark Byford, BBC Deputy Director General. Photograph: Linda Nylind

Never let it be said that the BBC's deputy director general, Mark Byford, doesn't know how to push the boat out. Included in his latest list of expenses is a "business meal" with the editor of the Financial Times, Lionel Barber. Total expenses claimed: £12.90. We can only hope it was a happy meal as well as, by the looks of it, a Happy Meal.

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