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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan & Ashley Cowburn

BBC boss's position 'increasingly untenable' after Boris Johnson loan row

BBC chief Richard Sharp's position is “increasingly untenable” after a scathing report by cross-party MPs into his role in facilitating a loan guarantee for Boris Johnson.

The under-fire Chairman was accused of making “significant errors of judgement” by acting as a go-between when the ex-Prime Minister found himself in financial difficulty in 2020.

Mr Sharp has admitted to introducing Canadian millionaire Sam Blyth - a distant cousin of Mr Johnson's - to Cabinet Secretary Simon Case. He did not arrange the loan of up to £800,000.

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