Louise Haigh admitted on Thursday she had pleaded guilty to an offence after incorrectly telling police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013.
Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has resigned after it emerged she pleaded guilty to an offence related to incorrectly telling police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013. In a letter to the prime minister, she described the incident as a 'mistake' but said that 'whatever the facts of the matter, this issue will inevitably be a distraction from delivering on the work of this government'.
' In response, Sir Keir Starmer thanked Ms Haigh for 'all you have done to deliver this government's ambitious transport agenda' and said: 'I know you still have a huge contribution to make in the future.' Before entering politics, the MP was a special constable in the Metropolitan Police - serving between 2009 and 2011 in the South London Borough of Lambeth, close to where she was convicted several years later.
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