Transport secretary Louise Haigh quits after fraud offence revealed
Haigh's departure is the first cabinet resignation under Sir Keir Starmer's government.
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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, but later found it had not been taken.
She was given a conditional discharge by magistrates, following the incident which happened before she became an MP.
Corrupt Labour MP quit when it came out she had been done for fraud. But the words Fraud and Labour go together, so no surprises. I wonder over the coming years how many more will get flushed out with convictions.
