Allies of the former transport secretary detect the hand of Morgan McSweeney, the prime minister's chief of staff, in her very swift downfall.
Louise Haigh's shock resignation as transport secretary has provoked a blame game within Labour that is already proving unedifying. The speed at which Ms Haigh was dispensed from her cabinet role suggests some within government were only too happy to see her out. Ms Haigh's resignation came after she admitted to Sky News that she had pleaded guilty to an offence related to incorrectly telling police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013.
But a briefing between Downing Street representatives and political journalists today threw doubt over that claim, with strong suggestions that Ms Haigh resigned - or was advised to resign - over potential breaches of the ministerial code, which states ministers must act with openness, honesty and integrity. The prime minister's deputy spokesman suggested the full facts of the case were not previously known and that new information had come to light that led to her resignation.
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