Heidi Alexander had been courts minister since July and is a previous Deputy London Mayor for Transport.
Keir Starmer has appointed Heidi Alexander as his new Transport Secretary. It comes after Louise Haigh resigned over a mobile phone fraud offence.
It emerged yesterday that Haigh pleaded guilty to a criminal offence related to incorrectly telling police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013. It is understood the incident was disclosed to the Prime Minister when she joined the shadow cabinet.
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