Minister Siddiq is quizzed by Cabinet Office over claims she and members of her family took billions in bribes
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Tulip Siddiq has been interviewed by the Cabinet Office's propriety and ethics team over claims she and members of her family took billions in bribes, it emerged last night. The Treasury minister, who is responsible for stamping out economic crime in Britain's financial sector, has been named in an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh.
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She is alleged to have been involved in brokering a 2013 deal with Russia for a nuclear power plant project in Bangladesh in which up to £4billion is said to have been embezzled. Ms Siddiq's aunt Sheikh Hasina – prime minister of Bangladesh for a total of 20 years until recently – is also being probed, along with the minister's mother Sheikh Rehana Siddiq.
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Last night it was reported that Ms Siddiq, 42, had agreed to attend a meeting with a representative of the Cabinet Office's propriety and ethics team (PET). The Times said Ms Siddiq welcomed the official to her office and gave her response to allegations about her involvement in the £10billion Rooppur plant project.
Her explanation was accepted at face value, the paper reported, and the meeting does not indicate there is any kind of civil service investigation into her. Last night the Government said it would neither confirm nor deny if any private conversations had been held.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, third right, and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, third left, tulip siddiq MP (left). The Treasury minister has been named in an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh. Kier Starmer and Tulip Saddiq celebrating their election victories in Camden in 2015.
