Who is Louise Haigh and why has she resigned as UK’s transport minister?
Labour party’s Haigh was the youngest member of PM Keir Starmer’s cabinet when a decade-old fraud case resurfaced.
Why Louise Haigh's Resignation Could Become A Bigger Problem For Starmer
Louise Haigh’s resignation as the transport secretary is raising serious questions for Keir Starmer. The Labour MP quit suddenly on Friday morning, less than 12 hours after reports of her 2014 fraud conviction emerged.
Louise Haigh quit because she ‘had not told Starmer full story of fraud conviction’
More information came to light’, No 10 sources claim, following transport secretary’s decision to resign on Friday morning
Louise Haigh’s rise from young Labour MP to Transport Secretary
Ms Haigh became the youngest female Cabinet minister to ever be appointed when she was made Transport Secretary earlier this year.
Politics latest: Minister denies Labour as bad as Tories after Louise Haigh scandal
Pat McFadden, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has told Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips he was "sorry" to see the departure of Louise Haigh as transport secretary.
Starmer Swiftly Replaces Haigh Amid Cabinet Controversy
British PM Keir Starmer appointed Heidi Alexander as the new transport minister after Louise Haigh resigned due to a past offence involving false claims to police. Haigh's departure comes amid challenges for Starmer's government with declining approval ratings and controversial tax policies.
New Transport Secretary named after Louise Haigh resigns over conviction
Heidi Alexander has been appointed the new Transport Secretary following Louise Haigh’s resignation this morning. The MP for Swindon South had been serving as a justice minister until her promotion. She previously worked as Sadiq Khan’s deputy mayor for transport mayor between 2018 and 2021.
UK's Starmer names new transport minister after embarrassing resignation
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed a new transport minister on Friday after the youngest member of his cabinet quit when it was revealed she pled guilty a decade ago to an offence in connection with misleading the police.
Who is Louise Haigh, as the transport secretary quits over phone offence?
Louise Haigh had been the youngest member of the Cabinet before it came to light that she had an old conviction for fraud by misrepresentation
Louise Haigh's swift resignation prompts questions
The first cabinet resignation is a moment for any government and a rite of passage for any prime minister. There is the first enforced shuffle of personnel at the top table for a start, a headache for Downing Street as they scour the subs bench for replacements,
Louise Haigh’s damaging exit puts question mark over UK transport agenda
Louise Haigh has resigned as transport secretary after admitting that she had pleaded guilty to a criminal offence over a mobile phone she had wrongly claimed was stolen a decade ago. It deprives the new government of a politician who had been one of its most dynamic ministers in the first five months in office.
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