Former London deputy mayor Heidi Alexander chosen as replacement
UK transport secretary Louise Haigh was forced to resign after admitting she had pleaded guilty to a criminal offence over a missing mobile phone, in a fresh setback to the government after a bruising first five months in office. Heidi Alexander, a justice minister and former deputy mayor for transport in London, was appointed on Friday as Haigh’s replacement. Haigh said on Thursday that she pleaded guilty in 2014 to an offence relating to a work mobile phone she wrongly claimed had been stolen.
White later became Starmer’s chief of staff in 2021. Haigh said on Thursday that she had received a discharge for her 2014 conviction, the “lowest possible outcome”. Haigh was elected MP in 2015. “Whatever the facts of the matter, this issue will inevitably be a distraction from delivering on the work of this government,” Haigh said in her resignation letter.
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