A Glasgow Labour councillor has quit her job at a £5.5m Commonwealth Games legacy project amid a police probe into alleged financial irregularities at the scheme.

Yvonne Kucuk resigned from her £35,000-a-year post at the People’s Development Trust (PDT), a charity that runs the troubled community Hub in Dalmarnock, due to ill-health.

Local SNP MSP John Mason said her decision to leave should not prevent a full investigation into the allegations.

The Hub, opened last year by figures including Glasgow council leader Frank McAveety and football legend Kenny Dalglish, brought together a suite of health and childcare services in one modern facility. It was meant to be a tangible legacy for the city’s deprived east end after the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the project was backed up with public cash.

The Scottish Government provided £3m, around £1.3m was awarded by the Big Lottery Fund (BLF) and £1.23m came from Clyde Gateway, while the local council provided the PDT with land for £1.

Kucuk, who was elected as the area’s local councillor in 2012, was given the top job of “regeneration manager”.

Glasgow Times: Cllr Yvonne Kucuk (second from right)

Picture: Cllr Kucuk (second from right)

However, the first signs of trouble emerged last year after board members quit, including the then chair Reverend Alison Davidge.

The Reverend alerted the BLF to the departures and the lottery body hired an international firm of accountants to examine whether its grant to the PDT had been spent properly.

Around the same time, Kucuk was put on leave while the financial probe was ongoing.

As revealed last week, a senior PDT figure had concerns about two financial transactions totalling around £10,000 and made a complaint to the police earlier this month.

In a statement released yesterday, a PDT spokesperson said: "I can confirm Yvonne Kucuk resigned from her post due to ill health. Her resignation took effect from the 19th April 2016. The trust has no further comment to make."

Her council register of interest now makes no reference to her PDT employment, while her Facebook profile has a picture of late singer David Bowie next to the words: “Giving no fucks.”

Separately, Kucuk has also faced criticisms over the number of her relatives that have been linked to the PDT and the Trust.

Her husband was employed at the Hub on the catering side, while her cousin Alan Kennedy used to sit on the board until he was replaced by his son Robert.

However, it is understood new management was appointed by the PDT before Christmas and the new regime is determined to address public concerns.

Mason said: “Even though she has resigned, this must not stop a full investigation into these matters taking place. Glasgow Labour has presided over a jobs-for-the-boys culture for a long time. This project has always looked like an example of Labour councillors being favoured, which is the opposite of what it should be.”

Scottish Labour described the allegations last week as “very serious”, with a party spokesperson adding that the claims were being probed “as a matter of urgency.”

Kucuk did not respond to requests for comment.