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The Standard View: The Richard Sharp row is damaging trust in the BBC

Calls for BBC chairman Richard Sharp to step down are growing louder, after a cross-party group of MPs found he made “significant errors of judgment” in helping to facilitate a loan for then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee backed Sharp’s appointment last year, but it was not made aware of his role in the £800,000 loan.

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