Richard Sharp has resigned as BBC chairman after conceding an official report finds he breached the rules for public appointments.
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The former Conservative party donor was appointed in 2021, and it subsequently emerged that he had failed to reveal while applying that he had helped an acquaintance seeking to offer a secret £800,000 personal loan guarantee for Boris Johnson. He said he was quitting to 'prioritise the interests' of the broadcaster after the report by Adam Heppinstall.
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