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Starmer defends former Treasury minister at PMQs

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Starmer defends former Treasury minister at PMQs

Starmer defends former Treasury minister at PMQs

Sir Keir Starmer has defended Tulip Siddiq after the former Treasury minister resigned from government over an anti-corruption investigation into her wider family in Bangladesh.

The prime minister told Kemi Badenoch in PMQs, "the former minister fully cooperated" with independent advisors looking into the matter.

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