A resignation was inevitable. The report into Richard Sharp has found the BBC chairman breached the rules in failing to declare, prior to his appointment, his involvement in facilitating an £800,000 loan guarantee to Boris Johnson.
The investigation by Adam Heppinstall KC concluded that Mr Sharp contravened the code on public appointments by not informing the digital, culture, media and sport committee of his financial relationship with the then-prime minister. MPs on the committee previously said Mr Sharp made “significant errors of judgment, which undermine confidence in the public appointments process”.
