Mr Midgley would be well advised to learn more about his subject. The BBC agreed to pay more into the pension scheme because the law says that solvent employers must make good any deficits. Surely as a right-thinking person, he is not suggesting that the BBC should have, in some way, reneged on its legal obligations? How shocking that would be. He might also like to ponder the fact that the nearly two-decades long partial pension contribution holiday that started in 1988 and ended in 2007 saved the BBC, in current cash terms, about £2.5bn. Paying off a deficit now is straight forward payback.