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Keir Starmer ‘will act on findings of Tulip Siddiq investigation regardless of outcome’

Minister hits back after Tories call for PM to sack anti-corruption minister at centre of Bangladesh property row

The Guardian - UK

Starmer ‘will listen’ to Tulip Siddiq inquiry findings, minister says

Science Secretary Peter Kyle said Ms Siddiq has ‘done exactly the right thing’ in referring herself to the Parliamentary watchdog.

Evening Standard

Starmer’s City minister Tulip Siddiq should be sacked, says Kemi Badenoch

But science secretary Peter Kyle defends anti-corruption minister over corruption accusations

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Badenoch calls on PM to sack Treasury minister over property allegations

Media reports have raised questions about a number of properties connected to Labour MP Tulip Siddiq and her family.

Evening Standard

Tulip Siddiq: Her despotic aunt, controversial properties and serious questions over her future in government

We’ve all been there — a much-loved (if rather overbearing) relative is in the neighbourhood and you just have to catch up. That, in her telling, explains Tulip Siddiq’s presence in Moscow in 2013.

Evening Standard

There are no adults in the room: there’s barely a room. This is politics at warp speed, and we know who’s benefiting

Fiscal crisis, corruption claims, shenanigans and legal threats. This feels like the week old-style politics sat on a grenade, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Ties between Labour MP Tulip Siddiq and deposed Bangladeshi regime under spotlight

City minister under pressure to explain why she benefited from property paid for by people linked to regime of aunt Sheikh Hasina

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Starmer says Mohamed Al Fayed sex abuse claims ‘never crossed’ his desk as DPP

The Prime Minister was asked why he ‘declined to instigate a prosecution for rape’ against the former owner of luxury department store Harrods.

The Independent UK

OPINION - Where has it all gone so wrong for dreary Keir Starmer?

It’s Keir’s drear new year — a January which sees the Prime Minister on the back foot from attacks from a (clearly bored) Elon Musk, stirring up trouble over the UK’s record on ethnically-based sexual crime and dragging the government into arguments about how its institutions addressed Asian grooming gangs.…

Evening Standard

Bangladesh Orders Banks To Assist UK Minister Graft Probe

Bangladesh money laundering investigators have ordered the country's big banks to hand over details of transactions relating to British anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq in an ongoing graft probe, officers told AFP. Siddiq is the niece of former Bangladeshi premier Sheikh Hasina, who fled abroad last August after a student-led uprising…

International Business Times

Investigators in Bangladesh demand Tulip Siddiq’s bank account details

Anti-money laundering officials ask banks for information on UK minister and seven of her family members

The Guardian - UK

Tulip Siddiq refers herself to watchdog after Bangladesh-linked property claims

Minister asks standards adviser to investigate after allegations she lived in homes tied to Hasina government

The Guardian - UK

Starmer backs minister caught up in corruption probe as standards watchdog investigates

The prime minister has ‘full confidence’ in Tulip Siddiq, who on Monday referred herself to ethics advisor Sir Laurie Magnus amid questions over her aunt Sheikh Hasina, who was removed from power after protests against her rule last year

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer defends anti-corruption minister as she refers herself to sleaze watchdog over London homes row

Tulip Siddiq acted ‘entirely properly’ in referring herself to the ministerial standards adviser, Sir Keir Starmer said

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What the papers say – January 4

Here are the biggest stories leading Saturday’s front pages.

International Business Times

Bangladesh Launches $5B Graft Probe Into Hasina's Family

Bangladesh has launched a probe into the alleged $5 billion embezzlement connected to a Russian-backed nuclear power plant by ousted leader Sheikh Hasina and her family, the anti-corruption commission said.

Evening Standard

Who is Tulip Siddiq? Anti-corruption minister at the centre of family property controversy resigns from Government

The Treasury minister is under pressure over her use of homes that were reportedly gifted to her but has denied any wrongdoing

The Guardian - UK

Starmer backs minister accused of embezzling billions in Bangladesh

Tulip Siddiq denies claims that she brokered corrupt deal with Russia to build nuclear power plant

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The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer backs Labour minister named in anti-corruption probe abroad

KEIR Starmer has backed one of his Treasury ministers after they were named in an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh ...

The Independent UK

Starmer backs Labour minister Tulip Siddiq amid Bangladeshi anti-corruption probe

As economic secretary to the Treasury, Ms Siddiq is responsible for tackling corruption in the UK’s financial markets.

Evening Standard

Starmer backs Tulip Siddiq after minister named in Bangladeshi anti-corruption probe

As economic secretary to the Treasury, Ms Siddiq is responsible for tackling corruption in the UK’s financial markets

Evening Standard

Tulip Siddiq caught up in Bangladeshi anti-corruption probe

The Labour minister is named in the investigation alongside her aunt Sheikh Hasina, the deposed prime minister of Bangladesh.

The Independent UK

Labour minister Tulip Siddiq caught up in Bangladesh corruption probe

City minister Ms Siddiq has been accused of helping Sheikh Hasina, the recently ousted prime minister of Bangladesh, to siphon off £5.2bn intended to be used building eight large-scale projects including a nuclear power plant

Evening Standard

Private stock market Pisces moves forward as consultation launched

Pisces will allow investors to trade shares in private firms in a style similar to a public exchange like the FTSE 100.

The National (Scotland)

'Head in the sand': Labour will not give estimate of Brexit's economic impact

Labour have been accused of “hypocrisy of the highest order” for saying they will not undertake analysis of the economic impact of the UK…

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