The Strictly Come Dancing professional dancers have been complaining about their pay once more. This time they are reportedly up in arms over their salary for the upcoming tour.

The News of the World reports that celebrities will be paid £11,000 a week for the tour, while the professional dancers will only be paid £5,500 per week.

“Yet again, it’s one law for the celebs and another for us dancers,” one of the professionals said. “Often dancers are bigger stars than the celebs. Take Ola Jordan – she is a far bigger draw than, say, Lynda Bellingham. We feel like we are being treated as second-class citizens.

“We think we should be getting more than last year and our pay should be more in line with the celebrities.”

A BBC source said: “There was some disquiet from a minority of the dancers about the level of pay. But the tour will go ahead as planned and be brilliant.”