The British minister responsible for financial services and fighting corruption resigned on Tuesday after weeks of questions over her financial ties to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, ousted last year as prime minister of Bangladesh.

UK anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq tendered her resignation as Economic Secretary to the Treasury to Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday, citing ongoing publicity concerning her family ties

Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq resigns after growing pressure over an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh.

London: United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced another setback on Tuesday with the resignation of his anti-corruption minister, Tulip Siddiq. Her departure came shortly after she was implicated in an embezzlement investigation in Bangladesh,

Tulip Siddiq has resigned as Treasury minister over allegations linked to her aunt’s political movement in Bangladesh. Ms Siddiq’s aunt is the former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled into exile after being deposed last year and is facing an investigation by an anti-corruption commission in Bangladesh,

Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned from the government, saying questions about her links with her aunt’s political party in Bangladesh had become a ‘distraction’. Pressure had been building on the Labour MP for days,