Tulip Siddiq is claimed to have “used her special power” as an MP to accumulate land in Bangladesh as a trial into her alleged corruption has received underway.
The previous anti-corruption minister allegedly put stress on her aunt, Sheika Hasina, who’s the ex-Bangladeshi prime minister, to safe land for members of her household within the nation’s capital.
In April, it was reported that Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Fee had sought an arrest warrant for Ms Siddiq over allegations she had illegally obtained the 7,200sq ft plot of land.
An anti-corruption trial received underway in Dhaka yesterday.
Based on The Instances, Jannat Keya, an assistant director on the Anti-Corruption Fee, stated Siddiq had “simultaneously used her special power to exert pressure and influence on her aunt”.
Ms Siddiq – who resigned from her ministerial position in January after an investigation by the Prime Minister’s ethics adviser into her hyperlinks to Ms Hasina’s regime – claims she had not any official communication concerning the trial.
She wrote on social media: “The so-called trial now below approach in Dhaka is nothing greater than a farce – constructed on fabricated accusations and pushed by a transparent political vendetta.
“Over the past year, the allegations against me have repeatedly shifted, yet I have never been contacted by the Bangladeshi authorities once.”
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‘She should be stopped’: Shadow Enterprise Secretary blasts Rachel Reeves over rumours of inheritance tax overhaul
Shadow Enterprise Secretary, Andrew Griffith, has branded a rumoured overhaul of inheritance tax a “terrible idea”.
It’s understood the Authorities is analyzing potential adjustments to tax laws as they search options to a fiscal shortfall exceeding £40billion forward of the autumn finances, based on Treasury insiders.
The proposals into consideration embody implementing restrictions on the whole worth people can switch throughout their lifetime and modifying present taper aid preparations.
At present, transfers made greater than seven years earlier than loss of life escape inheritance tax solely, while these made between three and 7 years face taxation on a graduated foundation starting from 32 per cent to eight per cent.
He stated: “Keep in mind lots of inheritance taxes paid by folks within the unlucky state of affairs of an early, unplanned loss of life, the place a household has misplaced a breadwinner and having to assist themselves.
“It’s a terrible tax in general and the idea that the Chancellor, having already killed the economy, driven up unemployment, presiding over the biggest brain drain our country has ever seen – probably equal and opposite to the number of small boats that Prime ministers has let in – expanding the scope of inheritance tax is a terrible, terrible thing.”
Rachel Reeves: GDP figures are ‘positive’ however there may be ‘more to do’
New figures present the UK economic system grew by simply 0.3 per cent within the second quarter of 2025.
The Workplace for Nationwide Statistics (ONS) stated gross home product (GDP) grew by 0.3 per cent from April to June after 0.7 per cent progress within the first three months of the 12 months.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves: “At present’s financial figures are constructive with a powerful begin to the 12 months and continued progress within the second quarter.
“But there is more to do to deliver an economy that works for working people.”
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Training Secretary says Labour has ‘more to do’ to assist universities
Training Secretary Bridget Phillipson says Labour has extra to do to assist universities going through monetary struggles
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Training Secretary Bridget Phillipson has stated that the Authorities has taken motion to assist universities – however that there’s extra to do.
Requested about monetary struggles confronted by universities, Ms Phillipson informed Instances Radio: “I’ve made it a precedence to place our universities on a extra sustainable footing.
“The motion that we’ve taken in turning across the regulator, the Workplace for College students, way more of a concentrate on universities’ monetary well being, but additionally the tough however obligatory determination that we took fairly early on as a authorities to extend tuition charges to be sure that universities have a extra secure funding stream into the long run.
“There is more to do and later on this year we’ll be setting out our plans for post-16 education overall, including universities, through a white paper we’ll be publishing.”
