Parliament's standards commissioner is urged to probe Keir Starmer's corruption minister Tulip Siddiq - over claims she and her family took £4 billion in bribes for Putin-funded nuclear power plant
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Parliament's standards commissioner was last night urged to probe Tulip Siddiq after the Treasury minister was named in an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh. Ms Siddiq - who is responsible for stamping out corruption in Britain’s financial sector - is being investigated over claims she and members of her family took bribes of up to £4 billion.
![[Sir Keir Starmer’s (pictured) official spokesman yesterday indicated he continues to have confidence in Ms Siddiq]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/21/93331703-14211479-Sir_Keir_Starmer_s_pictured_official_spokesman_yesterday_indicat-a-104_1734643822155.jpg)
But last night a Conservative MP wrote to Daniel Greenberg, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, calling for him to look into the allegations. In a letter seen by the Daily Mail, they said the ‘concerning new developments’ warranted a probe into Ms Siddiq’s ‘financial interests, her declarations of interests to the House, and her conduct as a whole’.
![[Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre), former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (left) and Tulip Siddiq MP (far left) attend the signing ceremony in the Kremlin on Jan 15, 2013]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/21/93292787-14211479-Russian_President_Vladimir_Putin_centre_former_Bangladesh_Prime_-a-107_1734643849638.jpg)
‘The public must be able to have confidence in the integrity of its Members of Parliament,’ the MP, who cannot be named, wrote. ‘Without proper clarification and transparency from Ms Siddiq, I feel that she risks bringing her position, and the wider House, into significant disrepute.’.
![[Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, centre, is flanked by her daughter Saima Wazed Putul, left, and sister Sheikh Rehana as she speaks to the media after casting her vote in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/21/93331737-14211479-Bangladesh_Prime_Minister_Sheikh_Hasina_centre_is_flanked_by_her-a-105_1734643822156.jpg)
Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched the probe into Ms Siddiq over the alleged embezzlement linked to a nuclear power plant deal in the country. Her UK-based mother Sheikh Rehana Siddiq, and her aunt, Sheikh Hasina Wazed - the ousted former prime minister of Bangladesh who ruled the country with an iron fist for more than 15 years - are also being investigated.
![[Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (R) flashes the victory symbol after casting her vote, as her daughter Saima Wazed Hossain (1st L) and her sister Sheikh Rehana (2nd L) look on at a polling station in Dhaka on December 30, 2018]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/21/93331753-14211479-Bangladeshi_Prime_Minister_Sheikh_Hasina_R_flashes_the_victory_s-a-106_1734643822156.jpg)
