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STRICTLY’S Shirley Ballas’ whopping six figure salary has been revealed and some fans may be shocked to know it is WAY more than the late Len Goodman’s pay.

Shirley, 64, took over as head judge in 2017, when Len left the show to focus on Dancing With The Stars in the US.

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Shirley Ballas’ Strictly Come Dancing’s whopping salary has been revealed[/caption]

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The late Len Goodman was hugely popular on the show[/caption]

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Shirley has been the Strictly head judge since 2017[/caption]

Now, it’s been revealed just how much the ballroom champ banks every year for her work on Strictly Come Dancing.

Shirley started at £180K when she joined seven years ago.

However, she now earns around £500K per series, according to the Daily Mail.

This is in stark contrast to the late Len, who was reportedly on £120K.

Meanwhile, Shirley’s fellow judges are also on far less than her.

Craig Revel Horwood started on £110K in 2004, and is now understood to be earning around £200K, while Anton Du Beke is reported to earn between £175K and £200K.

Motsi Mabuse was reportedly offered a starting salary of £200K when she joined in 2019.

It’s not been the best week for Shirley, who has been accused of ‘blatant favouritism’ by fans threatening to switch off.

Last month, she was forced to hit back back after online trolls launched a petition to get her kicked off the show.

It followed her decision to vote off singer Shayne Ward – which also led to abuse on social media.

But it appears BBC viewers have come for her again, ranting on Reddit that they won’t tune in to the next series if she returns.

In a forum titled, “If Shirley is still Head Judge next year, I probably won’t watch,” one wrote: “As Head Judge, they have the deciding vote so they MUST be impartial.

“Her blatant favouritism puts the integrity of the entire competition into disrepute and I cannot see how her position is anything other than untenable.”

Another added: “Shirley’s inconsistent with her making, and her comments to Chris [McCausland] are so patronising, as well. She’s an uncomfortable watch, at best.”

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Someone else said: “Shirley I liked when she first started but she has got worse over time and it’s clear when she has favourites (e.g. Pete [Wicks]).”

Poor Shirley got a barrage of stick after November’s shock dance-off between Coronation Street actor Shayne and Wynne Evans.

It resulted in the judges saving the opera singer.

Some people started a petition calling for Shirley to be sacked from her role.

She later hit out at the “vitriol” and pledged her future to the show.

Asked if she is going to be part of the line-up next year, Shirley said: “You know, I’m not going anywhere as long as the BBC would like to have me.”

She added firmly: “I judge without fear or favour.

“I’m just someone who sits in that chair as head judge to stay in my lane and judge the dancing — legs, feet, body co-ordination, synchronisation and chemistry between the leader and the follower.”

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Fans also claimed the show was ‘so fixed’ after Towie star Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystał took to the dance floor[/caption]

Swine Shiner

SO-CALLED human rights lawyer Phil Shiner is a wicked crook, a thief and a liar.

His firm, Public Interest Lawyers, accepted millions in legal aid to pursue British soldiers for entirely made-up accusations of abuse in the Iraq War.

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A public inquiry, set up in the wake of his sham crusade and backed by useful idiots on the Left like Jeremy Corbyn, cost taxpayers a further £25million.

Shiner’s charlatanism was systematic fraud on an industrial — and wholly immoral — scale.

And that’s before taking into account the mental trauma he inflicted on entirely innocent members of our Armed Forces.

Having served with courage and honour in the cauldron of Iraq, many servicemen suffered years of immense stress and fear as they were hounded by Shiner’s mob.

Incredibly, although Shiner pleaded guilty to fraud, a judge spared him jail because the offences were “a long time ago”.

And so a conman who spent years lying about miscarriages of justice was yesterday the wholly undeserved beneficiary of one.

All relative, Keir

LABOUR spent more than a decade in a state of near permanent outrage over accusations of Tory sleaze.

But as Keir Starmer found over the freebies scandal, charges of hypocrisy now hit harder simply because of repeated promises he would be different.

So The Sun’s revelations of the number of ministers’ family members now on the public payroll or in key political jobs at the heart of Government is another unhappy look.

It should be said that none of this is against the rules — and the Tories did similar.

But what does it say to voters struggling to get on in their own careers and livelihoods when our political leaders give all the plum jobs to family and friends?

Damning verdict

ONCE again, it’s all very well for ministers to hail an intelligence-sharing deal with the lame-duck German government to smash people-smuggling gangs.

But without a proper deterrent, its effect on small boat crossings will be negligible.

Instead Home Secretary Yvette Cooper could listen to the German opposition now favourites to form the next government in Berlin.

They say the European Court of Human Rights is now guilty of massive overreach on migration cases.

By next year, Germany may well be on the path to quitting the ECHR as the only way to get a grip on its borders.

Will Labour ever ponder doing the same?

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