‘Loan-row BBC boss kept facts from MPs’

BBC chairman Richard Sharp is fighting to keep his job after a crossparty group of MPs accused him of "significant errors of judgment".

- David Williamson

The former Goldman Sachs banker denies facilitating a loan between then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Canadian businessman Sam Blyth, but he apologised for not providing MPs with the full facts.

He is under fire for not telling MPs during the pre-appointment scrutiny process that he had met with Cabinet Secretary Simon Case and told him Mr Blyth wanted to help Mr Johnson.

MPs on the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee have today published a scathing report in which they say Mr Sharp should "consider the impact his omissions will have on trust in him, the BBC and the public appointments process".