THE BBC is fleecing licence fee-payers by hiring a £125,000 diversity chief, says an MP.

They will be responsible for creating “an inclusive workplace culture where everyone feels they belong”.

A job description also says the successful candidate will instil diversity and inclusion in the broadcaster’s “official reporting” and campaigns.

The BBC is already facing accusations of wokery, with shows like Doctor Who and EastEnders criticised for new storylines.

Tory MP Joe Robertson said: “Once again, British licence fee payers are being fleeced.

“More overpaid management roles means more rubbish on the telly.

“Diversity and inclusion should already be embedded throughout the BBC and supported by the HR department in the normal way.

“These grossly-overpaid DEI roles need to be scrapped.”

BBC director-general Tim Davie has criticised government cuts to the BBC budget calling them “shortsighted”.

The licence fee is going up by £5 next month to £174.50 in a move signed off by the Labour government.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has pledged an “honest national conversation about the broadcaster’s long-term future”.

The corporation has recently been criticised for a Gaza documentary that used the son of a Hamas official.

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