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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dave Burke & John Stevens

Richard Sharp QUITS as BBC chairman after arranging Boris Johnson loan

BBC chairman Richard Sharp has dramatically QUIT in a bitter cronyism row after a long-awaited report found he'd breached public appointment rules.

Mr Sharp - who awkwardly used to be Rishi Sunak's boss when he was an investment banker - had faced calls to step down since it emerged he helped Boris Johnson secure an £800,000 loan.

Up to now the Tory Party donor has refused to do so, but today a report by barrister Adam Heppinstall KC. found he "failed to disclose potential perceived conflicts of interest".

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