Tulip Siddiq resigns as authorities minister amid Bangladesh corruption probes | EUROtoday

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Tulip Siddiq has resigned as a authorities minister amid various corruption probes in Bangladesh.

The Labour minister tendered her resignation to Keir Starmer saying her place had grow to be a distraction.

She is the second minister to go in six months, after former transport secretary Louise Haigh.

The Treasury minister, who’s chargeable for tackling monetary crime, is being investigated by requirements watchdog Sir Laurie Magnus after experiences that Ms Siddiq lived in properties in London linked to allies of the deposed prime minister.

Ms Siddiq referred herself to Sir Laurie on Monday final week. In a letter asking for an investigation to be opened, she maintained she had finished nothing fallacious.

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