UK's City Minister, Tulip Siddiq, has called for an independent investigation into the allegations made against her. The allegations claim that she has been living in multiple flats provided by individuals linked to the deposed Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League. Following these claims, she has requested the investigation.

According to a report by *The Guardian*, Tulip Siddiq wrote a letter to the Prime Minister’s Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards, Laurie Magnus, urging for the investigation. In the letter, Tulip expressed that several incorrect reports regarding her financial matters and her family's connections with Bangladesh’s former government had been published in the media recently. She added, "I am certain that I have done nothing wrong, but to clear any doubts, I would like you to independently investigate and uncover the truth."

Labour Party officials confirmed that Tulip Siddiq would not join the Treasury delegation to China this week under Chancellor Rachel Reeves' leadership. Instead, she will remain in the UK to cooperate with the investigation.

Tulip Siddiq is under pressure due to her ownership of multiple properties, including a two-bedroom flat near King’s Cross and a separate house in Hampstead.

*The Financial Times* reported on January 3 that Abdul Motalef, a developer with connections to Awami League leaders, had bought the King’s Cross flat for £195,000 in 2001. In 2004, Tulip Siddiq became the owner of the flat without any payment. *The Mail* reported on January 5 that Tulip had previously stated the flat was bought by her parents and given to her as a gift.

*The Sunday Times* later reported that a lawyer named Moeen Goni, who represented the deposed Awami League government, had given Tulip Siddiq’s sister another flat in Hampstead for free. Tulip had once lived in this flat.

Additionally, she has rented a £2.1 million property in East Finchley, owned by Abdul Karim, a member of the Awami League’s UK executive.

Tulip has faced political scrutiny before over her alleged ties with the Awami League. In 2017, she avoided questions about a British-trained lawyer, Ahmed Bin Kasem, who was in jail in Bangladesh. At the time, she stated, “I have no relationship with the Hasina government. I am a Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, a British Member of Parliament.”