Tulip Siddiq has resigned as the government’s anti-corruption minister. In a fresh blow for Keir Starmer, she said she did not want to be a “distraction from the work of the government”. She was alleged to have been involved in brokering a deal in 2013 with Russia for a nuclear power plant in Bangladesh.

Sir Keir Starmer is being called to sack anti-corruption minister, Tulip Siddiq, after she was named in an investigation which claims members of her family embezzled just under four billion pounds from infrastructure spending in Bangladesh. So, what is Tulip Siddiq accused of and what has the prime minister said about the scandal?

British minister Tulip Siddiq, who was 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.