BBC chairman Richard Sharp on Friday resigned after a report found that he failed to disclose a potential conflict of interest over playing a role in getting Boris Johnson an £800,000 loan guarantee.

BBC chair Richard Sharp should consider stepping down after jeopardising public trust in the corporation over the “cash for Boris” row, its former head of television news has said. Writing for The ...

Richard Sharp has resigned as BBC chairman after being found to have broken the rules by failing to disclose he played a role in getting Boris Johnson an £800,000 loan guarantee. Adam Heppinstall KC’s ...

Richard Sharp’s appointment as BBC chair “shouldn’t stand”, the corporation’s former general director John Birt has said. The BBC grandee attacked the process that saw the Tory donor given the top job ...