Overview
- The BBC says Question Time pays £150 to guests who are not serving politicians and offers no payment to elected officials.
- Thomas Skinner maintains his team told him he would receive £2,000 for the appearance and says a £400 driver cost was agreed.
- Skinner had posted on X that he joined the panel because it pays £2,000 and said he was not representing a political party.
- Viewers objected to the programme introducing him as a TV personality rather than noting his Reform UK membership.
- After questions about who was invited to the Clacton episode, the BBC restated its rule that MPs do not appear in their own constituencies except for single‑issue specials.