Tory Leader, Badenoch urges PM Starmer to sack anti-corruption minister, Siddiq over corruption claims

Oladipupo Olamiposi
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4 days ago

Leader of the United Kingdom Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch has urged Prime Minister, Keir Starmer to sack anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq after she was named in an investigation into claims her family embezzled up to £3.9bn from infrastructure spending in Bangladesh.

Badenoch in a post on X sajd it is time for Siddiq to be sacked.

She claimed that the Prime Minister appointed his personal friend as anti-corruption minister while she is being accused of corruption.

It will be recalled that Siddiq was appointed economic secretary to the Treasury last July and her responsibilities include tackling corruption in UK's financial markets.

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