Richard Sharp, chairman of the BBC, has undermined public confidence in the BBC and in the public appointment system more generally by failing to disclose that he was involved in arranging an £800,000 loan for the then British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, politicians come down in a damning report released today. .
The contents of the report, which found Sharp “guilty of serious misconduct”, will continue to weigh on the company’s chairman as he awaits the results of two further investigations into the matter.
The Sunday Times newspaper revealed a few weeks ago that Sharp – the former boss of current British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak – was involved in talks that led to a loan for Johnson while he was bidding for the BBC job. Chair. Johnson landed the role two weeks later.
The Select Committee on Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) wrote in its report that Sharp’s failure to disclose his links to the prime minister was also a “breach of the standards expected” of people running for public appointments. .
And the committee asked Sharp to “consider the impact his omissions will have on confidence in him, the BBC and the public nomination process”.
The opposition was quick to react to the content of the report, with shadow culture minister Lucy Powell calling Sharp’s position at the BBC “increasingly untenable”.
Source: Deadline
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