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The City Minister of the United Kingdom, Tulip Siddique, has resigned from her position after being implicated in a scandal linked to the ousted Bangladeshi government.
A close ally and friend of British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is the second minister to resign from his government since it came to power last July.
FriendShe, whose job as Treasury minister included tackling illicit finance, has faced pressure to resign since she was named in a corruption investigation by the Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission in December.
The Financial Times then revealed that a friend had been given a two-bedroom flat in London in 2004 by a developer. With links to Awami League Party Led by her aunt, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina.
The Labor MP has also lived in several other properties associated with the former Awami League order. Siddiq denied any wrongdoing and last week referred herself to Sir Laurie Magnus, the government's independent adviser on ministerial standards.
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