Controversial in her own right, Hasina is also the aunt of Labour MP Tulip Siddiq - who resigned as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's anti-corruption minister last week after a slew of corruption allegations that she denied.
Keir Starmer is under pressurefrom the Tories to sack Tulip Siddiq after the minister was accused of corruption. Siddiq, the anti-corruption minister, is alleged to have been involved in brokering a deal with Russia for a nuclear power plant in Bangladesh ...
Siddiq earlier had referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards when media reports brought to light that the London properties she lived in had been gifted by Awami League. In her letter to the authorities,
Sir Keir Starmer faced fresh calls from the Tories on Saturday to sack Ms Siddiq as a minister, as Bangladesh’s leader Muhammad Yunus called for an investigation into the properties to determine whether they were acquired through “plain robbery”.
Mel Stride says accusations over properties linked to former Bangladeshi regime have made it ‘really impossible’ for minister to do job
Tulip Siddiq has become the third high-profile figure to leave Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Government since the party's election victory in July last year.
So long, Siddiq WHY did Tulip Siddiq not quit earlier — and Keir Starmer put up with her so long? Even when it was blindingly obvious no “anti-corruption minister” could survive being engulfed by
She is suspected by Bangladesh of siphoning funds from infrastructural projects. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SIR Keir Starmer is defying calls to sack his embattled anti-corruption minister despite mounting pressure. Tulip Siddiq’s campaign materials were discovered among luxury items and confidential
Anticorruption minister Tulip Siddiq quits amid questions over ties to toppled Bangladeshi leader, Sheikh Hasina.
Badenoch goes on to say the Tories left him the fastest growing economy in the G7 and says jobs and growth are down, mortgage rates up and business confidence down. She asks if the country can afford four more years of Starmer's "terrible" judgement.
Bangladesh's opposition leader is seeking Tulip Siddiq's extradition following corruption allegations linked to her family