Sky News and the Times newspaper reported that Ms Haigh had admitted an offence in 2014 following the incident.
Louise Haigh has resigned as Transport Secretary after it emerged she 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 Sir Keir Starmer when she joined the shadow cabinet.
On Thursday evening, She had reported to police the device was stolen when she was “mugged” in 2013. She was working for insurance giant Aviva at the time of the incident, according to the reports. In her letter to Sir Keir, she wrote: “I gave the police a list of my possessions that I believed had been stolen, including my work phone.
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