Controversial in her own right, Hasina is also the aunt of Labour MP Tulip Siddiq - who resigned as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's anti-corruption minister last week after a slew of corruption allegations that she denied.

Keir Starmer is under pressurefrom the Tories to sack Tulip Siddiq after the minister was accused of corruption. Siddiq, the anti-corruption minister, is alleged to have been involved in brokering a deal with Russia for a nuclear power plant in Bangladesh ...

Sir Keir Starmer faced fresh calls from the Tories on Saturday to sack Ms Siddiq as a minister, as Bangladesh’s leader Muhammad Yunus called for an investigation into the properties to determine whether they were acquired through “plain robbery”.

Siddiq earlier had referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards when media reports brought to light that the London properties she lived in had been gifted by Awami League. In her letter to the authorities,

The calls started growing after Bangladesh’s current Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus condemned the use of properties she allegedly received through her aunt, who is facing her own share of legal scrutiny

The Prime Minister seems to be on a different planet to ordinary Britons and Labour's latest scandal is stark proof of this fact.

Mel Stride says accusations over properties linked to former Bangladeshi regime have made it ‘really impossible’ for minister to do job

Tulip Siddiq has become the third high-profile figure to leave Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Government since the party's election victory in July last year.

She is suspected by Bangladesh of siphoning funds from infrastructural projects. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Following reports that she lived in properties in London linked to allies of her aunt, former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh ... and you know full well when it comes to Keir Starmer he will listen to what the authorities say.” Mr Kyle contrasted ...

SIR Keir Starmer is defying calls to sack his embattled anti-corruption minister despite mounting pressure. Tulip Siddiq’s campaign materials were discovered among luxury items and confidential

Michael Saunders, a former member of the BoE's monetary policy committee which sets interest rates, said the latest inflation figure would be "some help" in trying to ease some of the worries over the UK economy - more on that in our next post.