He stepped back from his show last month following allegations against his former boss David Sullivan.

Presenter Tony Livesey has left BBC Radio 5 Live after 16 years at the station, the corporation has announced. Livesey stepped back from his weekday late night talk show in June, following allegations made against his former newspaper boss David Sullivan. He had previously worked as editor-in-chief of Sullivan's Daily and Sunday Sport publications. Several women have accused Sullivan, a billionaire businessman and West Ham co-owner, of abusing his power and preying on them for sex, in some cases when they were teenagers. Sullivan has strongly denied the allegations. The claims against Sullivan were made in a joint investigation by the Times and BBC Panorama. The BBC previously said Livesey had asked to take a break from presenting his programme while the issues raised by the investigation were being examined. One alleged victim said that Livesey had arranged a meeting between her and Sullivan in 1999. Livesey said he had "no recollection" of introducing the young woman to Sullivan and that it was "not part" of his job to do so.