Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned, after growing pressure about allegations of corruption linked to her aunt, the deposed prime minister of Bangladesh.

Siddiq clung on for days to her post in Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ team. But while insisting that she had done nothing wrong, the MP concluded in a resignation letter to Sir Keir that her continuing in the post would be a “distraction”.

One of the biggest questions is why someone Siddiq’s ties was given the job of anti-corruption minister in the first place.

Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq resigns after growing pressure over an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh.

The Treasury minister is under pressure over her use of homes that were reportedly gifted to her but has denied any wrongdoing

How would Sir Keir Starmer have reacted in opposition, had a Conservative government appointed as its anti-graft minister someone whose ties to a corrupt and brutal overseas regime were subject to intense scrutiny?

Independent adviser on ministerial standards says it is ‘regrettable’ Siddiq was ‘not more alert to the potential reputational risks’ of her close family’s association with Bangladesh

Tulip Siddiq has resigned her role as City minister amid allegations about her financial links to the former Bangladeshi government.

The UK’s City minister Tulip Siddiq resigned from the government following an ethics review into allegations around her use and receipt of properties linked to the ousted Bangladeshi regime.

LONDON (Reuters) -British minister Tulip Siddiq, who was responsible for financial services and fighting corruption, resigned on Tuesday after weeks of questions over her financial ties to her aunt Sheikh Hasina,