Tulip Siddiq resigns as economic secretary

Siddiq steps down as secretary over alleged Bangladeshi financial links

Eve Maddock-Jones
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The former minister (pictured)  said in the letter that the ethics adviser Laurie Magnus had found 'no evidence to suggest I have acted improperly in relation to the property I have own or lived in', or that her assets were acquired from illegitimate means. Credit: House of Commons
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The former minister (pictured) said in the letter that the ethics adviser Laurie Magnus had found 'no evidence to suggest I have acted improperly in relation to the property I have own or lived in', or that her assets were acquired from illegitimate means. Credit: House of Commons

Tulip Siddiq has resigned as economic secretary to the Treasury, after repeated questions about her financial links to the ousted Bangladeshi government run by her aunt.

In a letter to the prime minister Sir Keir Starmer, Siddiq thanked him for the "confidence" he had shown towards her in recent weeks and said she had been grateful for having the chance to "share t...

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