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Starmer faces increased calls to replace Tulip Siddiq
Tulip Siddiq outside 10 Downing Street, central London, May 2022

PRIME Minister Sir Keir Starmer faced increased calls today to replace Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq.

The parliamentary watchdog is investigating allegations about properties linked to her aunt’s political movement in Bangladesh.

Ms Siddiq referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards Sir Laurie Magnus last Monday following reports that she lived in the properties in London linked to allies of her relative, former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

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