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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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David Lynch

Starmer backs Tulip Siddiq after minister named in Bangladeshi anti-corruption probe

Sir Keir Starmer has backed Tulip Siddiq, Downing Street indicated, after the Treasury minister was named in an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh.

Ms Siddiq is alleged to have been involved in brokering a 2013 deal with Russia for a nuclear power plant in Bangladesh in which large sums of cash are said to have been embezzled.

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