LONDON: The chairman of the BBC resigned on Friday following a report that he had breached government rules governing public appointments. The publicly funded national broadcaster is under pressure after it was revealed that Conservative Party donor Richard Sharpe had failed to arrange the loan just weeks before the government’s recommendation for then Prime Minister Boris Johnson to be appointed to the BBC post in 2021. has helped.
Sharp said he was leaving to ‘prioritise the interests of the BBC’ after an ‘inadvertent? Violation of rules. A report on the incident by senior attorney Adam Hepp Instal is due to be published on Friday.
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