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’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.
Louise Haigh's swift resignation prompts questions
Louise Haigh was already the first cabinet minister that Sir Keir Starmer publicly rebuked, over remarks about P&O Ferries last month. Now we have the ritual exchange of letters and the ritual blizzard of further questions. First, those letters and in particular the prime minister’s letter to Haigh, which is blunt in its brevity.
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
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
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 Transport Secretary Louise Haigh Resigns Over 2013 Mobile Phone Theft Case
Louise Haigh resigned as Britain's transport secretary on Friday after revelations that she pleaded guilty to a criminal offence before becoming a member of parliament.
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.
UK Transport Secretary Louise Haigh Resigns Over Fraud Conviction
UK Transport Secretary Louise Haigh resigned from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s cabinet after it emerged that she received a criminal conviction for incorrectly telling police that a work phone was stolen during a mugging in 2013.
Louise Haigh’s successor will need a radical change of direction
Louise Haigh has resigned as transport secretary in a blazing scandal. It has come to light that she was convicted of fraud over a missing work phone a decade ago – a device she reported to police as stolen in a mugging only to be turned on in her presence later.
Heidi Alexander appointed new transport secretary after Louise Haigh resigns
Heidi Alexander has been appointed the government’s new transport secretary following the resignation of Louise Haigh on Friday morning. Ms Haigh became the first minister to quit Sir Keir Starmer’s government after admitting she was convicted for making a false report to police over a mobile phone being stolen 10 years ago.
Labour ‘hit job’ against Louise Haigh had been brewing for months
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Louise Haigh was victim of 'coordinated briefing by someone trying to get rid of her', claims former Labour official
Louise Haigh was likely to have been the victim of a "coordinated briefing" by a "political opponent", a former Labour ...
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There is no place for blasphemy laws in the Labour party
Along with Angela Rayner, Ed Miliband and Lisa Nandy, Haigh was regarded as part of an informal soft left cabinet grouping.
Louise Haigh was a walking red flag - Keir Starmer now has one crucial question to answer
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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 ...
Union fury over Downing Street ‘dirty tricks to oust Louise Haigh’
Those on the Left of the Labour Party suggest that Morgan McSweeney, Starmer’s chief of staff, plotted former transport ...