After an ethics advisor finds that Tulip Siddiq deceived the public, she resigns.

Sir Keir Starmer’s ethics advisor discovered that Tulip Siddiq had unintentionally deceived the public, forcing her to resign as anti-corruption minister on Tuesday.

Ms. Siddiq acknowledged in a letter to the prime minister that she had become a “distraction” from the government’s agenda due to growing accusations of corruption.

After weeks of controversy over her affiliation with the political party of her aunt, former Bangladeshi prime leader Sheikh Hasina, she resigned.

Hours after Sir Laurie Magnus, the ethics advisor for No. 10, encouraged Sir Keir to “consider her ongoing responsibilities” due to the apparent conflict of interest, she resigned.

The Prime Minister’s personal acquaintance, a Labour MP, had reported herself to the watchdog on Downing Street in an effort to clean her reputation and keep her Treasury post.

“I have done nothing wrong,” she said in a letter requesting that he look into the matter. But according to Sir Laurie,

 

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