Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has today resigned as Transport Secretary.
The MP for Sheffield Heeley says that she is resigning over an issue surrounding a mugging that took place in 2013, where she told police that a phone had been stolen, but this later turned out to be at her home.
Her resignation comes a day after the transport bill to bring the railways into Government ownership was given Royal Assent.
Responding to the news, Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, said “Thank you for all you have done to deliver this Government’s ambitious transport agenda. I know you still have a huge contribution to make in the future.”
Responses
I bet Kier Starmer was absolutely shocked to hear about that and he asked her to resign and to lose her position as Transport Secretary.
This is gutting! I thought she had made a good start and seems to have some vesture of her brief and enthusiasm for it. I was very surprised she has resigned on something that has been admitted and disclosed.
How many more bent MPs?
There so many of them. Most MP’s can’t be trusted with and that’s why they get found out and lose their job.
How odd. A disclosed, spent conviction which could very well be a result of confusion after a mugging rather than any premeditated fraud shouldn’t debar a person from high office.
There’s something else behind this.
Are you joking? At the time she was supposed to be Police Special Constable, apparently “lost” her official police phone and lied to police, saying she had been mugged and alleged it had been stolen. Because you can trace mobile phones, the police tracked it back to her house. She was taken to Court for lying to police and received “Conditional Discharge “, which is criminal conviction, albeit considered minor. Starmer knew about but still appointed her Secretary of State for Transport.
What is interesting is why she has resigned at the juncture?
Thank goodness someone knows the full story. Very interesting.