Minister asks standards adviser to investigate after allegations she lived in homes tied to Hasina government

A senior Treasury minister has referred herself to the ministerial standards watchdog after days of allegations that she has lived in multiple properties tied to the ousted Bangladeshi government.

Tulip Siddiq, the City and anti-corruption minister, has asked Laurie Magnus, the prime minister’s independent adviser on ministerial standards to investigate whether she might have broken the ministerial code.