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Pressure mounts on Rayner as Starmer refuses to back her staying in post as tax dodge crisis deepens

Starmer has repeatedly declined to say whether he would sack Rayner, his deputy, if his independent ethics watchdog rules against her

The Independent UK

Rayner’s future in balance as firm used to buy flat in stamp duty row says it did not offer tax advice

Report from prime minister’s standards adviser, Laurie Magnus, is due today

The Guardian - UK

Why has Angela Rayner resigned? The key takeaways after tax scandal investigation

The deputy prime minister may have saved as much as £40,000 in tax

The Independent UK

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Voices: Have Labour’s big guns started to turn on Angela Rayner?

COMMENT: By offering only lukewarm and limited support to the deputy prime minister, cabinet colleagues could be accused of giving her a little nudge along the gangplank towards the drop, says John Rentoul

The Independent UK

Starmer declines to say if he will sack Rayner if she is found to have broken ministerial code – as it happened

Keir Starmer has said that he expects to get the report from his ethics adviser on Angela Rayner quickly

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner’s hypocrisy has left her future hanging by a thread

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Whatever her excuse for failing to pay the right amount of stamp duty on her second home, the deputy prime minister’s conduct has been disappointing and damaging to the government

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner barred by court order from revealing tax details, says No 10

Deputy PM, under scrutiny over flat purchase, ‘restricted from providing further information’, says Downing Street

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Angela Rayner unable to explain housing arrangements ‘due to court order’, Downing Street says

It comes amid continued criticism of the deputy prime minister’s purchase of an £800,000 flat in Hove

The Independent UK

Country should be ‘proud’ Angela Rayner is deputy PM, says Starmer amid flat row

The Prime Minister said it was a ‘mistake’ for people to brief against or talk down Ms Rayner.

The Independent UK

Starmer has confidence in Angela Rayner amid row over flat

The Deputy Prime Minister represents a constituency in Greater Manchester and has a grace and favour flat in Westminster.

Evening Standard

Rayner has right to spend money as she chooses, says Phillipson in row over flat

The Education Secretary said the Deputy Prime Minister has insisted she followed the rules over her £800,000 purchase in Hove.

Evening Standard

Conservatives call for ethics probe into Angela Rayner’s tax affairs

The Telegraph newspaper claimed Ms Rayner, who is also the Housing Secretary, paid £30,000 instead of £70,000 in stamp duty on a second home.

The Independent UK

‘I’m collateral damage’: ex-minister Tulip Siddiq on her Bangladesh corruption trial

Exclusive: MP and niece of ousted Bangladesh prime minister says allegations against her are ‘completely absurd’

The Guardian - UK

Tulip Siddiq requests meeting with Bangladeshi leader over corruption allegation

Ex-minister wants to clear up ‘misunderstanding’ over accusation she benefitted from regime of her aunt, ousted Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina

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The Guardian - UK

Bangladeshi and British politics collided to bring down Tulip Siddiq

After allegations of corruption, the former government minister’s family legacy now lies in tatters in both countries, says author Salil Tripathi

The Conversation

Tulip Siddiq resigns: there’s no evidence she broke any rules, but here’s why she had to go anyway

Tulip Siddiq has resigned as anti-corruption minister after getting embroiled in a corruption scandal. A number of questions had been raised about her following an investigation by Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission into the country’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who was deposed last year and just happens to be Siddiq’s aunt.

The Conversation

Tulip Siddiq and the fall of Bangladesh’s most powerful family

The UK’s anti-corruption minister, Tulip Siddiq, has resigned from the government after being named in several corruption investigations in Bangladesh. The allegations extend to several close family members, including Siddiq’s aunt – the deposed Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina – and mother, Sheikh Rehana. Hasina faces serious criminal charges after…

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer’s handling of the Tulip Siddiq affair forms part of a worrying pattern

A blind spot on standards has marked the new government’s early days – but it’s not too late for Labour to restore trust in politics, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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The Independent UK

Starmer’s replacement for anti-corruption minister already embroiled in China lobbying row

After his first anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq resigned over her links to the former Bangladeshi government, Keir Starmer has replaced her with Emma Reynolds who has lobbied for financial interests with China

Al Jazeera

Who is Tulip Siddiq and why has she resigned as UK minister?

The MP resigned on Tuesday over links to her aunt, former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The Independent UK

Treasury minister ‘very happy’ to work with Tulip Siddiq again if reappointed

Ms Siddiq resigned from her role as City minister on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Treasury minister says he would welcome Tulip Siddiq’s return

Darren Jones ‘very happy’ to work with Siddiq in future despite criticism over her links to Bangladesh

The Independent UK

Tory confronted over ‘pot, kettle, black’ criticism of Tulip Siddiq

Victoria Derbyshire confronted Tory MP Joe Robertson over his criticism of Tulip Siddiq, asking whether it was “pot, kettle, black” given that shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel did not resign when she was found to have broken the ministerial code over bullying claims.

Evening Standard

Ministers await inflation data as Reeves defends response to market turbulence

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is dealing with a period of turbulence in the UK financial markets.

The Guardian - UK

Who is Tulip Siddiq, niece of deposed Bangladeshi PM who quit Treasury role?

Former Labour minister’s family background is indelibly bound up with Bangladesh

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