Emma Reynolds replaces Tulip Siddiq

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed lawmaker Emma Reynolds as the Economic Secretary to the Treasury ministry, also known as the City Minister, on Tuesday after Tulip Siddiq resigned from the post, Reuters reported.

Reynolds, 47, was elected to office at the 2024 national election, which saw the Labour Party regain power after 14 years in opposition.

She currently represents the Wycombe constituency in southern England and previously served as a lawmaker for a different seat in central England between 2010 and 2019.

Siddiq, the British minister responsible for financial services and fighting corruption, resigned after weeks of questions over her ties with her aunt Sheikh Hasina, ousted last year as prime minister of Bangladesh.