BBC chairman Richard Sharp ‘breached standards expected’ for job application

The chair’s future at the corporation is in doubt after a damning Commons report on his role in the Boris Johnson loan affair

Senior figures within the BBC believe its chairman, Richard Sharp, has seriously undermined the corporation’s impartiality after a damning parliamentary report accused him of failing to publicly divulge his role in facilitating a loan for Boris Johnson.

In findings that cast further doubt on Sharp’s future at the BBC, the cross-party committee said the chairman “should consider the impact his omissions will have on trust in him, the BBC and the public appointments process”.