Tulip Siddiq has resigned as the government’s anti-corruption minister. In a fresh blow for Keir Starmer, she said she did not want to be a “distraction from the work of the government”. She was alleged to have been involved in brokering a deal in 2013 with Russia for a nuclear power plant in Bangladesh.

The Prime Minister has lost one of his best friends in Government, his judgement is in question and Kemi Badenoch has gained a 'scalp'

Sir Keir Starmer faced fresh calls from the Tories on Saturday to sack Ms Siddiq as a minister, as Bangladesh’s leader Muhammad Yunus called for an investigation into the properties to determine whether they were acquired through “plain robbery”.