Darren Jones ‘very happy’ to work with Siddiq in future despite criticism over her links to Bangladesh

The chief secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, has said he would be “very happy” if Tulip Siddiq returned as minister despite criticisms of her by the government’s adviser on ministerial standards over her family ties to the ousted regime in Bangladesh.

On Tuesday, Siddiq resigned as minister for the City and anticorruption after accepting that allegations of corruption linked to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, the deposed prime minister of Bangladesh, had become a distraction.

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