Hasina niece resigns as UK minister over financial links to Bangladesh ex-PM

Earlier this month, Tulip Siddiq had referred herself to Laurie Magnus, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's adviser on ministerial standards, after it emerged she had lived in multiple properties associated with people with links to former Banglaesh PM Sheikh Hasina.

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Then-Labour Party MP Tulip Siddiq talks to the media in London on June 17, 2019. Her ministerial role included tackling corruption in UK financial markets. She said had fully declared all her financial interests and relationships. PHOTO: AFP

January 15, 2025

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