What allegations is anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq facing?
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Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has found herself in the spotlight as she faces claims of breaking Westminster's ethics rules. Six months after Labour won the election - and nine years after becoming an MP - Ms Siddiq is facing calls to step down from her Treasury post over links to her aunt, the ousted former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Ms Siddiq has referred herself to Sir Keir Starmer's independent ethics watchdog and ministers have said they will wait for the outcome to decide on her fate. Politics latest:Chancellor urged to hold emergency meeting amid market turmoil. The MP has insisted she has done nothing wrong.
Sky News takes a look at the accusations. What are the allegations against Tulip Siddiq?. The 42-year-old MP for Hampstead and Highgate (Hampstead and Kilburn before a 2024 boundary change) is accused of benefitting financially through three London properties linked to her aunt and her allies.
Ms Hasina is facing a probe by Bangladesh's anti-corruption commission into her regime. The properties in question are:. 1. A £2.1m house in Finchley, north London, currently rented by Ms Siddiq and owned by businessman Abdul Karim Nazim, an executive member of her aunt's Awami League party's UK branch.
2. A flat in King's Cross owned by the MP that the Financial Times reports was given to her by Abdul Motalif, an associate of members of the Awami League party - not by her parents as previously reported. She rents this flat out. 3. A property in Hampstead, north London, that Ms Siddiq was registered at and was transferred to her then teenage sister in 2009 by lawyer Moin Ghani, who has represented Ms Hasina's government.
