The British minister responsible for financial services and fighting corruption resigned on Tuesday after weeks of questions over her financial ties to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, ousted last year as prime minister of Bangladesh.

UK’s anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq resigned on Tuesday following weeks of scrutiny regarding her financial connections to her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted as prime minister of Bangladesh last year.

The UK's City Minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned, telling the Prime Minister that controversy surrounding her had become a distraction.

Siddiq has faced scrutiny over her ties to the ousted regime of Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina, who is her aunt. LONDON — British Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq resigned from the British government Tuesday night to avoid an ethics probe becoming a “distraction” to the government.

Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned from the government, saying questions about her links with her aunt’s political party in Bangladesh had become a ‘distraction’. Pressure had been building on the Labour MP for days,