The calls started growing after Bangladesh’s current Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus condemned the use of properties she allegedly received through her aunt, who is facing her own share of legal scrutiny

Labour has long known about MP Siddiq's links to an autocrat in Bangladesh, so why was she appointed a minister?

Siddiq earlier had referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards when media reports brought to light that the London properties she lived in had been gifted by Awami League. In her letter to the authorities,

Sheikh Hasina Wazed’s niece, Tulip Siddiq, resigned on Tuesday as a minister in Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government after weeks of damaging headlines about how she had allegedly benefitted financially from her links to her aunt’s Awami League.

UK Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch called upon the Starmer government to sack Siddiq. Mounting an attack on Starmer, Badenoch said that the Prime Minister appointed his "personal friend" an anti-corruption minister who herself is accused of corruption.

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s anti-corruption minister resigned on Tuesday, bowing to mounting pressure over her links to her aunt, ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq resigned from the UK government Tuesday after being named in graft probes in Bangladesh launched when her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, was ousted as the country's leader.

Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq is coming under increasing pressure over the way she used properties that were reportedly gifted to her. She has denied any wrongdoing.

Yunus has called for an investigation into the properties of British minister and her family, indicating that they may have acquired them through unlawful means during her aunt Sheikh Hasina's tenure as Bangladesh PM.

Siddiq quit as anti-corruption minister in Labour government after being named in a corruption inquiry in Bangladesh

Sir Keir Starmer faced fresh calls from the Tories on Saturday to sack Ms Siddiq as a minister, as Bangladesh’s leader Muhammad Yunus called for an investigation into the properties to determine whether they were acquired through “plain robbery”.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced fresh pressure Monday to sack his anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq, amid accusations over her family ties to Bangladesh's toppled premier.