BORIS Johnson was reportedly told to stop asking BBC chair Richard Sharp for “advice” on his “personal financial matters”, just days before it was announced he had been appointed to the broadcaster's board.
According to The Sunday Times, Johnson was warned by officials on December 22 2020 to stop discussing his financial arrangements with Sharp, who was due to be announced as BBC chair on January 6 2021.
The former banker has been facing calls to stand down after it emerged that in late 2020 he had introduced Sam Blyth to Cabinet Secretary Simon Case to discuss whether Blyth, a distant cousin of Johnson, could act as a guarantor for a loan facility for the then-prime minister.
