Keir Starmer set to face questions after minister’s resignation
Keir Starmer goes head-to-head with Kemi Badenoch today after the resignation of one of his ministers.
The PM will face the Tory leader less than 24 hours after Tulip Siddiq quit amid a row over a Bangladesh corruption investigation into her aunt – former PM Sheikh Hasina. Ms Badenoch is likely to raise the case – the second resignation from the new Labour government in six months – at Prime Minister’s Questions.
In a letter to Keir Starmer, Ms Siddiq wrote on Tuesday that while there is “no evidence” of any wrongdoing, continuing in her role would be a “distraction”.
The Prime Minister has come under pressure to sack Ms Siddiq after Bangladesh’s anti-corruption commission (ACC) filed a case against Ms Hasina and her wider family. Ms Siddiq, who denies wrongdoing, faces questions over reports she lived in properties in London linked to allies of her aunt.
