Figures released by the BBC showed payoffs to top bosses last year accounted for more than half the total £69.6million paid to all BBC staff who received redundancy View 5 Images The BBC has been under fire over the past few weeks (Image: Getty Images)

A record number of BBC bigwigs walked away from the broadcaster last year with payoffs of more than £100,000. ‌

Figures released by the corporation show in the last financial year a record 292 senior staff were handed six-figure pay outs after taking redundancy. The payouts to these senior BBC staff totalled £37.1million last year – enough to pay more than 200,000 TV licences - with each executive pocketing an average of almost £130,000 each. ‌

These top bosses’ payoffs last year accounted for more than half the total of

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