Cable Climbdown After One Direction Blast

Business Secretary Vince Cable has been forced to backtrack after suggesting that the high pay of pop bands like One Direction is "downright insensitive and grossly immoral".

At an Institute of Directors event in central London, the Cabinet minister was questioned about the earnings of the boy band.

One Direction - made up of singers Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne - made a total of £25m last year, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.

Mr Cable was asked if he agreed it was "mad" that the band had made £5m each over the past year.

He replied: "I agree ... about the extremities of pay and the fact much of it is downright insensitive and in some cases grossly immoral."

Vince Cable suggested the singers' earnings were "mad"

However, aides stressed that the Liberal Democrat had misheard the question and was referring to the pay of chief executives, rather than the teen pop group.

He told Sky News: "I don't want to attack One Direction; this is one particular group who are apparently very popular and very successful so I have nothing against them.

"But there is a general issue of chief execs in particular who are paid well beyond what can be justified in terms of the performance of their companies and that's something the Government is now trying to address."

Fans of the group immediately took to Twitter to criticise the politician.

One said: "I like Vince Cable a lot less after turning on One Direction." Another said: "And to THINK I voted for him."

Mr Cable was unveiling a 12p rise in the minimum wage when he made the remarks.

The rate for 18 to 20-year-olds will rise by 5p to £5.03, and by 4p to £3.72 for 16 and 17-year-olds, from October.

Ministers rejected a recommendation from the Low Pay Commission that the rate for apprentices should be frozen, and announced a 3p an hour increase to £2.68 an hour.

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