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Labour's City Minister tulip sadik is
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coming under increasing pressure to
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answer questions about a property
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Scandal or even to resign so what's
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going on reports emerged last week that
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sadik had been given a London flat near
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King's Cross by a person with links to
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her aunt former Bangladeshi prime
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minister shik Hina is broken by the
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financial times the deposed awami League
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party leader was ousted in August when
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Mass protests broke out and fled to
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India she is facing an arrest warrant
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over her alleged involvement in crimes
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against human ity this weekend the
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Sunday Times reported that sadik had
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also lived in another home which had
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been given to her sister by a lawyer and
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Associate of her aunt speaking on Monday
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morning Kama said sadik had referred
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herself to the independent adviser on
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ministerial standards to look into the
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matter what's been said writing to the
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adviser sadik insisted she had done
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nothing wrong but asked him to
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independently establish the facts for
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the avoidance of Doubt starma said his
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City Minister had acted entirely
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properly and confirmed yes I Got
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Confidence in her a spokesperson for
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sadik previously said any suggestion
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that tulip sadik's ownership of this
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property or any other property is in any
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way linked to support for the aami
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league would be categorically wrong and
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the Sunday Times said a source close to
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her told them she lived at her sister's
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property for a period as is normal for
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many families they said other family
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members housing Arrangements were a
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matter for them and that the political
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associations of others had nothing to do
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with sadik the paper added but questions
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are being asked because in sadik's role
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as City minister or economic secretary
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to the treasury she is responsible among
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other things for countering economic
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crime money laundering and illicit
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Finance starma was asked today about his
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promises to restore trust and integrity
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to politics while Shadow Home Secretary
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Chris philp called it High Time sadik
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explained the source of her wealth and
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he urged starma to remove her as
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anti-corruption Minister until questions
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were answered cityam contacted the labor
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party for comment and was pointed to
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starmer's comments and de's letter to
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the standards advisor follow CM for more
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