Gary Lineker to step back from presenting Match of the Day

Presenter will stop appearing on the football show until agreement is reached on his social media use

Gary Lineker is to step back from presenting Match of the Day until an agreement is reached on his use of social media.

The government had put the BBC under pressure after Lineker posted a series of tweets criticising Rishi Sunak’s asylum policy and likened the language used by ministers to “that used by Germany in the 30s”.