Sharp report: Boris Johnson must now also face the music to answer questions

EMBARGO: 00:01 Sunday 12th February 

Responding to the embargoed DCMS committee report on Richard Sharpe's reported loan to Boris Johnson, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said: 

"This damning report shines a new light on this whole shady affair.

"Boris Johnson must now also face the music and answer questions from an independent inquiry. He is the elephant in the room and so far getting away with it, whilst his accomplice in the dodgy deal is left to front it up.

"Rishi Sunak cannot let his former boss off the hook any longer. The Ministerial ethics advisor must start an investigation.

"The drumbeat of sleaze is deafening and Rishi Sunak appears powerless to stop it."

ENDS

Notes to Editor:

Summary of the DCMS embargoed reported issued to the media this morning. 

BBC Chair made ‘significant errors of judgement’ over PM loan involvement, MPs say

BBC Chair Richard Sharp made ‘significant errors of judgement’ when failing to declare his role in the facilitation of a loan to the then Prime Minister Boris Johnson and should reflect on the potential damage caused to trust in the corporation.