Landlord Treasury minister could face £10,000 fine

A treasury minister may have broken the law and be facing a minimum £10,000 fine for failing to get an energy certificate for her rental flat, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Tulip Siddiq, who was investigated over an 'inadvertent' failure to register rental income on the same property earlier this year, is now facing questions over whether she has upheld her legal obligations as a landlord. Ms Siddiq had already declared the income of another London property in central London, which does have a valid EPC with a rating of C. Tulip Siddiq, who was investigated over an 'inadvertent' failure to register rental income on the same property earlier this year, is now facing questions over whether she has upheld her legal obligations as a landlord Ms Siddiq with Labour leader Keir Starmer. Ms Siddiq denies the claims, adding that no authority has so far contacted her Separately, she is currently embroiled in a corruption probe and is set to be questioned by investigators in the new year over accusations that she and four family members embezzled £4 billion through a nuclear power plant deal in Bangladesh. That country's Anti-Corruption Commission launched its probe into Ms Siddiq, 42, two weeks ago, along with her mother, Sheikh Rehana Siddiq, 69, and aunt, Sheikh Hasina Wazed, 77, Bangladesh's former prime minister, who was ousted after 15 years of autocratic rule.