The resignation of Tulip Siddiq – podcast

found 2025 › Jan › 16 (Thu) @ 06:46 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Political correspondent Kiran Stacey traces the allegations of corruption against Labour MP Tulip Siddiq that caused her to resign from her ministerial role in Keir Starmer’s government

On Tuesday aft…

Keir Starmer refuses to say if his new City minister will work on China policy after she previously 'lobbied the Tories not to impose tougher rules on Beijing'

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 15:41 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Emma Reynolds was yesterday appointed as Economic Secretary to the Treasury to replace Tulip Siddiq, who quit following a sleaze probe.

Starmer faces Labour backlash over 'judgment' in making close friend Tulip Siddiq anti-corruption minister - after she was forced to quit over Bangladesh links

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 10:39 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Tulip Siddiq announced her resignation to avoid being a 'distraction' to the government after a sleaze probe said her behaviour was 'regrettable'.

Who is Tulip Siddiq, niece of deposed Bangladeshi PM who quit Treasury role?

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 05:55 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Former Labour minister’s family background is indelibly bound up with Bangladesh

When Keir Starmer became the Labour leader in 2020, Tulip Siddiq described him in her local paper as a “good friend thr…

DAN HODGES: The only rational explanation for Keir Starmer's appalling mismanagement of the Tulip Siddiq affair is he thinks the British people are idiots

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 05:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

According to investigations conducted by this paper, The Mail on Sunday and other news outlets, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn appeared to be benefiting from ties to her aunt.

ABUL TAHER: Putin's nuclear deal, a tangled web of properties and how I shone the spotlight on the murky world of holier-than-thou Tulip Siddiq

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 05:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

In the end, perhaps the only surprise was why the Prime Minister allowed his scandal-hit friend Tulip Siddiq to wither so long before her inevitable pruning.

One Lame duck down! Tulip Siddiq resigns as City minister over Mail's 'corruption' probe revelations just 24 hours after Keir Starmer backed Labour MP - as pressure grows on crisis-hit Rachel Reeves after markets meltdown

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 05:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

It came 26 days after the Mail revealed she was facing a major corruption probe in Bangladesh.

The Papers: Kate's 'relief to be in remission' and 'Siddiq quits'

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 05:55 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Wednesday's papers focus on the Princess of Wales entering cancer remission and Tulip Siddiq's resignation.

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

found 2024 › Dec › 21 (Sat) @ 10:34 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Ms Siddiq's aunt, Sheikh Hasina - who was until recently prime minister of Bangladesh for more than 20 years - is also being investigated, along with her mother, Sheikh Rehana Siddiq.

Parliament's standards commissioner is urged to probe Keir Starmer's corruption minister Tulip Siddiq - over claims she and her family took £4 billion in bribes for Putin-funded nuclear power plant

found 2024 › Dec › 20 (Fri) @ 07:03 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Parliament's standards commissioner was last night urged to probe Tulip Siddiq after the Treasury minister was named in an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh.