BBC chair Richard Sharp under growing pressure to quit over Gary Lineker row

Even before the Lineker row, Richard Sharp had faced calls for his resignation for not disclosing his role in helping Boris Johnson get access to a loan facility. Photograph: PRU/AFP/Getty Images

The BBC chair, Richard Sharp, is under increasing pressure to quit after the corporation apologised over its handling of the impartiality row surrounding the Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker.

Keir Starmer called on the government to examine how it could protect a “truly independent and impartial” BBC.