article_snippet: so-called ‘top talent’ –
article_snippet: The BBC has made since 2008, and the ‘cultural shift’
article_snippet: The BBC has made in allowing The BBC to lose certain presenters to other channels.
article_snippet: The BBC said: ‘There has been a considerable and important internal cultural shift towards greater ownership and scrutiny of talent costs…and a willingness to be more flexible in The BBC approach to talent, including allowing talent to leave where appropriate.
article_snippet: Last week, the influential Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee slammed The BBC, painting a portrait of an organisation that was inept with public funds, and had blown billions on vanity projects and staff pay-offs.
article_snippet: The BBC was awarding talent needed close scrutiny.
article_snippet: John Whittingdale, chairman of the committee explained:
article_snippet: If the argument is that [the presenters] would go elsewhere - well, then perhaps The BBC
article_snippet: The BBC should let The BBC.
article_snippet: The BBC is not there to stop they.
article_snippet: The BBC is there as an incubator of talent.'
article_snippet: Sport Select Committee's report, Future of The BBC, also called for the abolition of the BBC Trust, saying that the governing body was too close to the Corporation and needed to be replaced with a more rigorous body.
article_snippet: ‘the BBC Trust the BBC Trust recognises that the outstanding people on screen and on air are at the heart of The BBC, at the same time we are clear that The BBC has a responsibility to spend money wisely in the BBC Trust approach to talent pay,’ she will say.
highlights_snippet: Report also highlighted number of presenters who have left The BBC .
  
highlights_snippet: Comes after a government committee slammed The BBC BBC for being 'inept' with funds .