[MLehon]

While the BBC should obviously endeavour to keep costs down, the reality is that these kind of expenses are virtually meaningless in financial terms. A rounding error in a spreadsheet. It's like when people complain about MP salaries in terms of overall public budgets - this is just so absurdly small fry that it isn't going to make any realistic difference in financial terms if you change it.

Also worth remembering that the train + nearby hotel costs are probably not that much greater than the chauffeur costs for more regular presenters.

Appreciate yes there could the possible chauffeur costs for the more regular Breakfast presenters but the rest of the Nation have to get themselves to work on time by their own means so why should BBC staff be afforded this rather extravagant mode of travel - something started at a time which is now most likely difficult to withdraw but we now are in a very different world.  As one company promotes "Every Little Helps".