Parliament’s Standards Commissioner has been urged to investigate Tulip Siddiq after The Mail on Sunday raised questions about her living arrangements.
Last week this newspaper revealed the Treasury minister is living in a $2,550,370 house owned by a close political ally of her aunt, the ousted Bangladeshi prime minister.
The economic secretary to the Treasury and City minister moved out of a flat she owns in North London two years ago into a five-bedroom home a few miles away owned by the millionaire businessman Abdul Karim.
Mr Karim is an ally of her aunt, Bangladesh’s deposed dictator Sheikh Hasina. Ms Siddiq refused to say how much rent she is paying Mr Karim.
Just ten days ago, the commissioner found Ms Siddiq in breach of MP rules after she failed to register income from renting out her former home correctly.
Parliament’s Standards Commissioner has been urged to investigate Tulip Siddiq (seen) after The Mail on Sunday raised questions about her living in a $2,550,370 house owned by an ally of her aunt – the ousted Bangladeshi prime minister.
The economic secretary to the Treasury and City minister moved out of a flat she owns in North London (pictured) two years ago into a five-bedroom home a few miles away owned by millionaire businessman Abdul Karim.
Mr Karim is an ally of Ms Siddiq’s aunt, Bangladesh’s deposed dictator Sheikh Hasina.
She apologised for the error and said it was an ‘administrative oversight’.
The new complaint to the commissioner, sent yesterday and seen by the MoS says: ‘Ms Siddiq has refused to state if she is paying rent on the property, and if so, if it is a market rate.
‘A market rent would be close to $6,375 a month, which is considerably more than her rental income for the smaller flat that she has declared.
‘If the rent is zero or below market rent, I believe that this would need to be registered as a donation in kind.’
It adds: ‘It is in the public interest to undertake a further investigation into the arrangements for her occupancy, and provide advice on whether it should have been declared in the Register of Interests.’
Labour sources have said Ms Siddiq had needed to move out of her flat because of security concerns and was paying rent ‘consistent with market levels’.
A Treasury spokesman said Ms Siddiq had disclosed her property arrangements to the department and they were being considered as part of the usual declaration of interest process.
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