FORMER Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been referred to the parliamentary standards watchdog over claims the BBC chairman “helped him get a £800,000 loan.”
The referral was made by the Labour Party over what it called a “quagmire of sleaze”.
Boris Johnson has been referred to the parliamentary standards watchdog
A report in The Times claims Richard Sharp, 66, helped Johnson’s Downing Street lifestyle in November and December 2020 by arranging to a guarantee on a loan.
That was just weeks before Mr Johnson selected him for his current job with the corporation, according to the paper.
Mr Sharp, a former Goldman Sachs banker, had already submitted his application to take up the position at the broadcaster and had reached the final stages of the selection process.
The friend and former adviser to Mr Johnson had already given £400,000 to the Conservative Party is said to have become involved following a dinner at the home of an old friend, Sam Blyth, in West London.
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