Ms Haigh became the youngest female Cabinet minister to ever be appointed when she was made Transport Secretary earlier this year.

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has admitted pleading guilty to a criminal offence relating to a police investigation over a mobile phone she claimed was stolen. She has admitted that, a decade ago, she told police she had lost her work mobile phone in a mugging, but later found it had not been taken.

Louise Haigh's resignation, the first from Starmer's top team of ministers since winning a landslide election victory in July, came after media reports that she had been convicted in 2014 for what she described as a "mistake" in connection with misleading police over a work mobile phone.

British Transport Minister Louise Haigh resigned after admitting to a fraud charge linked to a decade-old incident where she mistakenly listed her cellphone as stolen. Despite pleading guilty, she emphasized her political commitment and will now support Prime Minister Keir Starmer from outside the government.

Louise Haigh has written to Sir Keir Starmer tendering her resignation as transport secretary after admitting she pleaded guilty to an offence over a mobile phone claim 10 years ago.

Louise Haigh has resigned as transport secretary after it emerged she pleaded guilty to a fraud offence a decade ago. Downing Street has named justice minister Heidi Alexander as her replacement. Haigh has admitted telling police in 2013 she had lost her work mobile phone in a mugging,