Tulip Siddiq resigns as minister after ethics investigation
Tulip Siddiq resigns as minister after ethics investigation
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Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq has left the Government, No 10 said. Ms Siddiq said she had not breached the ministerial code but that continuing in her role would be a “distraction”, in a letter to Sir Keir Starmer. She had referred herself to the Prime Minister’s ethics tsar.
Ms Siddiq’s aunt is the former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled into exile after being deposed last year. The former prime minister is facing an investigation by an anti-corruption commission in Bangladesh, with Ms Siddiq reportedly named as part of the case.
