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.
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”.
She is suspected by Bangladesh of siphoning funds from infrastructural projects. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Mel Stride says accusations over properties linked to former Bangladeshi regime have made it ‘really impossible’ for minister to do job
Britain's Keir Starmer faced fresh pressure Monday to sack his anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq, as Bangladesh's graft watchdog filed new cases against her and her aunt, the country's ousted leader Sheikh Hasina.
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
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,
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.
Anticorruption minister Tulip Siddiq quits amid questions over ties to toppled Bangladeshi leader, Sheikh Hasina.
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
Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned from her role amis a corruption probe in Bangladesh.
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.