Minister says BBC may be investigated over handling of allegations against presenter

The mother of the young person, neither of whom have been named, has told the Sun she went to the press because she felt the BBC was not acting fast enough. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

The BBC is coming under fresh pressure over its handling of serious allegations against one of its presenters as it was reported that it took more than six weeks before the initial claims were passed to the director general. A minister has suggested the broadcaster may itself become the focus of an investigation.

On Monday, the justice secretary, Alex Chalk, urged the broadcaster to “get on with” its part in any investigation into claims the unnamed male presenter paid a vulnerable teenager for sexually explicit images.