UK minister quits while facing questions over links to ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina

Britain’s anti-corruption minister has resigned amid a controversy over links to her aunt Sheikh Hasina who is the ousted Bangladeshi prime minister. Tulip Siddiq said Tuesday that she was quitting as economic secretary to the Treasury, saying the issue was becoming “a distraction from the work of the government.” Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been under growing pressure to remove Siddiq from her post since she referred herself to the U.K. government’s ethics watchdog. It came after reports that she lived in London properties linked to her aunt. Hasina was ousted after weeks of protests last year.