Tulip Siddiq: Bangladesh leader calls on UK minister to apologise amid corruption probe
The IndependentSign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. 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”. open image in gallery Sheikh Hasina, the now deposed prime minister of Bangladesh and aunt of Tulip Siddiq, pictured during a 2014 visit to London In her letter to standards adviser Sir Laurie Magnus, Ms Siddiq said she was “clear that I have done nothing wrong” and alleged that much of the recent reporting had been inaccurate. open image in gallery Sir Keir Starmer has said he has confidence in Tulip Siddiq Following Mr Yusuf’s remarks, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said: “It’s time for Keir Starmer to sack Tulip Siddiq. Now the government of Bangladesh is raising serious concerns about her links to the regime of Sheikh Hasina.” The Tory leader said Ms Siddiq, who is Sir Keir’s constituency neighbour in North London, had become “a distraction, adding: “The prime minister tried to make a big deal of his commitment to standards and integrity.
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