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Action relates to corruption case over allocation of government land in Dhaka to a private companyA court in Bangladesh has ordered officials to request an Interpol red notice for the British Labour MP Tulip Siddiq over a corruption case linked to the …
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MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London denies allegations and condemns ‘flawed and farcical’ trialWhat led to Bangladesh trial of Tulip Siddiq in her absence?A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the British MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail after a …
Exclusive: High-profile lawyers suggest ex-City minister Tulip Siddiq has not enjoyed basic rights during her trial in absentiaThe trial in Bangladesh of the former UK City minister Tulip Siddiq has been “contrived and unfair”, leading lawyers includin…
If Keir Starmer made promises to China it could constitute ‘predetermination’, Lord Banner legal opinion concludesApproving a Chinese super-embassy in east London could be unlawful if ministers gave Beijing assurances about the project in advance, one …
Stephen Parkinson called on to give ‘fuller explanation’ as MI5 expresses frustration over charges being droppedThe director of public prosecutions has come under intense cross-party pressure to explain why the China spy trial collapsed as MI5 expresse…
Labour MP and chair of security committee Matt Western says there are ‘a lot of questions yet to be asked’Questions for CPS after No 10 publishes key witness statements in China spy rowMPs will hold an inquiry into the collapse of the caseagainst two m…
Decision time is coming after Labour called in the planning application for the new building in east LondonIn 2018, a prime piece of real estate near the Tower of London that was once home to a Cistercian abbey and later became the historic manufacturi…
Activist Jagtar Singh Johal has been held in Indian prison for nearly eight years without full trial The sisters of the British-Egyptian human rights campaigner Alaa Abd el-Fattah have intervened for the first time since his release from prison in Eg…
Exclusive: Ex-minister being tried in absentia in Bangladesh claims ID card and passport tendered as evidence not hersThe former City minister Tulip Siddiq has said she fears prosecutors could be planning to use “fake” documents to secure her convictio…
Jean Garner objects to his monument in the Shropshire town and is hoping for Thangam Debbonaire’s support in getting it removedThangam Debbonaire is concerned about visiting Indian citizens and dignitaries having to walk past a statue of Robert Clive i…
Thangam Debbonaire says Indian visitors to the ministry should not have to walk past ‘historically inaccurate’ bronzeUK politics live – latest updatesA prominent Labour peer has called for a statue of Clive of India to be removed from its high-profile …
Exclusive: MP and niece of ousted Bangladesh prime minister says allegations against her are ‘completely absurd’“There’s no extradition treaty, I looked that up myself actually,” says Tulip Siddiq, the MP for Hampstead and Highgate and a Treasury minis…
Economist who reassessed Karl Marx’s view of the durability of capitalism and wrote on Indian culture and historyAn economist with a strong grasp of politics, Meghnad Desai, who has died aged 85, put telling the truth ahead of the pursuit of personal a…
Ex-minister wants to clear up ‘misunderstanding’ over accusation she benefitted from regime of her aunt, ousted Bangladeshi PM Sheikh HasinaThe former City minister Tulip Siddiq has asked to meet Bangladesh’s leader during his London visit to clear up …