Rishi Sunak insisted that it was right to wait for the outcome of an independent investigation into Richard Sharp’s appointment as BBC chairman, after MPs found he made “significant errors of judgment” by acting as a go-between for a loan guarantee for Boris Johnson.
Mr Sharp is facing calls to quit, with the cross-party committee highly critical that Mr Sharp failed to declare to MPs his role in facilitating the arrangement when he was applying for the job of BBC chairman and said he should “consider the impact his omissions will have” on trust in the broadcaster.
