Richard Sharp helped arrange the line of credit weeks before he was appointed to the BBC post on the government\u0027s recommendation
“I feel that this matter may well be a distraction from the corporation’s good work were I to remain in post until the end of my term,” he said.
Johnson himself was forced to quit last year after a series of scandals over money, ethics and judgment became too much for his Conservative Party colleagues to bear. Johnson also was among dozens of people fined by police last year for attending law-breaking parties in government buildings during COVID-19 lockdowns. The “partygate” scandal helped hasten the end of his premiership.
The loan investigation is the latest uncomfortable episode for the 100-year-old BBC, which is funded by an annual 159 pound license fee paid by all households with a television and overseen by a board that includes both BBC nominees and government appointees,
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