Shadow secretary for culture calls for root and branch review of top appointments
Ministers are facing fresh demands to bolster the independence of the process to find the next
An angry Sharp said he was resigning to “prioritise the interests of the BBC” after the report by the barrister Adam Heppinstall found he had failed to properly disclose his role inof up to £800,000 for Johnson from businessman Sam Blyth, a distant relation of the former prime minister. “Conservative prime ministers giving jobs to their friends has already done untold damage to the reputation of the BBC and undermined its independence,” she writes. “I would like some reassurances that the process will be significantly strengthened and made more independent.”
A department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport spokesperson said: “The office for the commissioner of public appointments report makes clear that DCMS ran the process to appoint the chair of the BBC in line with the governance code on public appointments. The BBC royal charter sets out that the chair of the BBC must be appointed in line with the governance code on public appointments, which clearly states that the ultimate responsibility for public appointments lies with ministers.
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