Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned after growing pressure over an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh. She had referred herself to the prime minister's standards adviser, Sir Laurie Magnus, after questions about links to her aunt, who was ousted last year as Bangladesh's prime minister.

UK treasury and anticorruption minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned over a flurry of media reporting about her links to corruption charges being faced by her aunt, the deposed Bangladeshi former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, as well as how properties Siddiq’s family owns in the UK were paid for.

Tulip Siddiq has denied any wrongdoing after being named in a corruption probe into her aunt, former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

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

Tulip Siddiq has resigned her role as City minister amid allegations about her financial links to the former Bangladeshi government.

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.