Now Labour minister Tulip Siddiq faces questions over $1bn Russian arms deal her aunt penned on family visit to the Kremlin

Labour minister Tulip Siddiq was facing fresh questions last night after it emerged her aunt penned a $1billion Russian arms deal on their family visit to the Kremlin. But as well as signing the agreement for the nuclear power plant, Ms Siddiq’s aunt also penned a deal for a $1billion loan to Bangladesh to buy Russian weapons and military equipment. Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq is facing fresh questions over her involvement in a $1bn Russian arms deal penned by her aunt on a family visit to the Kremlin She is alleged to have been involved in brokering a 2013 deal with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin for a nuclear power plant in Bangladesh A party spokesman told the Mail last night: ‘The dealings of two countries from two years before Tulip became an MP have absolutely nothing to do with her.’ Labour has also said she ‘totally refutes’ the claims relating to the anti-corruption investigation. ‘The latest revelation that Tulip Siddiq, Labour’s own anti-corruption minister, was also there when an arms deal with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin was struck, is deeply concerning.