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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.

The Labour MP has been named in a Bangladeshi corruption inquiry into her aunt, the country's former prime minister.

City minister Ms Siddiq has been accused of helping Sheikh Hasina, the recently ousted prime minister of Bangladesh, to siphon off £5.2bn intended to be used building eight large-scale projects includ

Tulip Siddiq, a Labour minister in the United Kingdom, has been named in an investigation into allegations that her family embezzled up to £3.9 billion from Bangladeshi infrastructure projects. She is accused of brokering a deal with Russia in 2013 that overinflated the price of a new nuclear power station in Bangladesh.

The PM's official spokesperson said his economic secretary to the Treasury had "denied any involvement in the claims" of embezzlement and continued to maintain her responsibility as a minister overseeing UK anti-corruption efforts.

Siddiq, elected as MP for Hampstead and Highgate in 2015, has denied any involvement in the alleged corruption. Syed Faruk, leader of the UK branch of Hasina’s Awami League party, dismissed the claims