Tulip Siddiq resigns as Treasury minister
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Tulip Siddiq has resigned from her role as a Treasury minister. It comes after allegations emerged about properties linked to her aunt, the ousted former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Ms Siddiq referred herself to the prime minister's ethics watchdog after coming under increasing pressure over the allegations about properties linked to her aunt's political movement.
It is alleged that she lived in properties linked to allies of Ms Hasina, the deposed prime minister of Bangladesh. Ms Siddiq previously insisted she had "done nothing wrong", although Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called on Sir Keir Starmer to sack her over the weekend.
Ms Hasina was ousted from office in August following an uprising against her 20-year leadership and fled to India. Ms Siddiq is also named with her aunt in Bangladesh court documents about meetings with the Russian government. She had been due to join a delegation heading to China last week, but stayed in the UK to fight to clear her name.
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