Rachel Reeves’s trip to China and Tulip Siddiq’s resignation | What’s the Context? Opinion City AM's Opinions and Features Editor Alys Denby shares her thoughts on Rachel Reeves's trip to China and TuliIp Sidiq's resignation.
No 10 won’t confirm new City Minister’s role in China policy Politics Downing Street has declined to confirm whether new City minister Emma Reynolds will be able to make decisions about the UK’s relationship with China. She was appointed to the post of economic secretary to the Treasury yesterday, after Tulip Siddiq resigned over allegations of corruption linked to the former government in Bangladesh. Bloomberg reported that [...]
Tulip mania was only ever going to end one way Opinion Yesterday, I asked whether Tulip Siddiq would still be the City minister by the end of the day, and just as the sun went down we got an answer: nope. Here in the City AM newsroom we shall miss the standing agenda item in our editorial meetings, checking the latest twist of an international corruption [...]
Tulip Siddiq resigns as City minister January 14, 2025 Tulip Siddiq has resigned as City minister, Downing Street has confirmed, amid allegations over her links to the former government in Bangladesh. The Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate wrote to the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to say that while she had “not breached the ministerial code” continuing in her role as a Treasury [...]
Tulip Siddiq: Bangladesh files criminal case against City minister January 14, 2025 Bangladeshi authorities have filed a criminal case against under fire City minister Tulip Siddiq, alleging that she has misused her position as a member of parliament to gain undue influence. She is also accused, along with her aunt the deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister, of having illegally obtained desirable plots of land. The revelation is the [...]
It’s hard to see how City Minister survives the week January 14, 2025 Will Tulip Siddiq still be the City minister by the end of this week? It’s an important question, for a number of reasons. Siddiq’s fate matters a great deal to Keir Starmer and the government, because nobody wants to lose an anti-corruption minister to a corruption scandal. It matters to the wider Labour party because [...]
Transparency group calls for Siddiq to step back from anti-corruption brief January 13, 2025 Embattled City minister Tulip Siddiq should relinquish the economic crime and corruption element of her remit in light of ongoing investigations, the UK’s leading anti-corruption body has said. The UK Anti-Corruption Coalition (UKACC), a group of leading British transparency organisations, said in a statement that Siddiq “has a serious conflict of interests”, irrespective of the [...]
Starmer ‘will listen’ to Tulip Siddiq inquiry findings, minister says January 12, 2025 The Prime Minister will act on the findings of an independent investigation into Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq, a Cabinet minister has said. Science Secretary Peter Kyle said Siddiq has “done exactly the right thing” in referring herself to the Parliamentary watchdog over allegations about properties linked to her aunt’s political movement in Bangladesh. Following reports [...]
The runners and riders to replace under-fire City minister Tulip Siddiq January 10, 2025 Downing Street is reportedly weighing up a number of potential candidates to replace Tulip Siddiq as her position as City minister comes under increasing pressure. Siddiq, the niece of ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina, has been in the headlines since last month when she was named in an investigation into whether her Bangladeshi family embezzled [...]
The Capitalist: WFH rows, Zuck’s new watch and the City’s Tesco habits revealed January 9, 2025 WFH causes a ruckus, Zuckerberg's eye-catching watch and the nation's favourite meal deal: catch up on the latest gossip in The Capitalist.