BBC chairman Richard Sharp reportedly helped Boris Johnson secure a loan of £800,000 just weeks before he was recommended for the role by the then-prime minister.
The Sunday Times reports that Sharp – who has previously donated £400,000 to the Conservative Party – helped connect Johnson with Sam Blyth, a multimillionaire Canadian businessman and distant cousin of Johnson.
The paper reported that Sharp was involved in talks about helping to fund the prime minister’s lifestyle in November and December 2020.
