THE BBC splurged £484 on one taxi ride — then £481 on the return journey.
Staff also took an £8,514 flight, and ran up thousands in hotel bills.
The Beeb admitted huge outlays in the past two years — funded by licence fee payers — after a .
Its most expensive taxi in 2023 was from its studios to — with the meter hitting £484.
The employee was then taken back for £3 cheaper.
Last year its priciest cab bill was £342 from to .
Its most expensive flight was £8,514 for a business-class return between Heathrow and Delhi.
There were also two £6,400 London-New York returns.
Last year it spent nearly £14,000 for four staff to stay a fortnight at the Radisson Blu in Dakar, — at £245 per night each.
It also splashed out £2,712 for seven nights at the swanky Hard Rock Hotel, near London’s Marble Arch.
Joanna Marchong of the TaxPayers’ Alliance said: “Splashing out £8,000 on flights and £480 on cabs shows how out of touch the BBC has become.”;
The BBC said: “We’re mindful we’re spending public . We have policies in place to manage this and we always work to keep costs to a minimum.”;
