Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq resigns

Downing Street has announced that Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned.

She has been under pressure to step back from her anti-corruption duties after she referred herself to the Prime Minister's ethics tsar.

The UK Anti-Corruption Coalition called for Ms Siddiq to pass responsibilities for countering economic crime, money laundering and illicit finance to another minister.

Ms Siddiq said she had not breached the ministerial code but that continuing in her role would be a "distraction", in a letter to Sir Keir Starmer.

Ms Siddiq's aunt is the former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled into exile after being deposed last year.

The former prime minister is facing an investigation by an anti-corruption commission in Bangladesh, with Ms Siddiq reportedly named as part of the case.

Ms Siddiq has also come under intense scrutiny over her use of properties in London linked to her aunt's allies.

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