Downing Street faced being dragged into Boris Johnson’s crony loan row last night as it emerged the man investigating it is the father of a senior No10 aide.
William Shawcross, the Commissioner for Public Appointments, will lead a probe into Richard Sharp’s appointment as BBC chair. But Mr Shawcross’s daughter, Eleanor, is head of No10’s policy unit.
One Westminster insider said: “How can an independent inquiry have undeclared familial links to No10?”
