Louise Haigh resigns as transport secretary after admitting criminal record

By Daniel Gayne2024-11-29T11:28:00

Labour politician had set out vision for transport just yesterday

Louise Haigh has resigned as transport secretary after reportedly admitting that she pled guilty to a criminal offence more than a decade ago.

The former secretary of state told police she had lost her phone during a mugging but later discovered it had not been taken and pled guilty to making a false report just six months before becoming MP for Sheffield Heeley in 2015.

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