 The dispute occurred against a background of complaints about excessive pay for some employees of the publicly funded BBC.The BBC stated it had "inadvertently" underpaid her by £100,000 because the senior journalist was “in development.”

Gracie returned to her former post in the BBC newsroom on a salary of £145,000.In December 2017 and January 2018, Gracie acted as a guest presenter of the BBC Radio 4 "Today" programme.