Who is Louise Haigh and why has she resigned as UK’s transport minister?
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Labour party’s Haigh was the youngest member of PM Keir Starmer’s cabinet when a decades-old fraud case against her resurfaced.
Louise Haigh’s resignation as the UK’s transport secretary has brought new scrutiny to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government, marking the first cabinet departure since Labour’s victory in July 2024.
Haigh, a key figure behind the party’s rail nationalisation bill, stepped down after a decade-old fraud conviction resurfaced.
Her resignation adds to mounting challenges for Starmer, whose government is already grappling with declining public approval.
Haigh, 37, was the youngest member of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s cabinet and the UK’s transport secretary since Labour’s victory in July 2024.
A long-serving Labour member of parliament since 2015, Haigh rose through the ranks under both Jeremy Corbyn and Starmer. She pushed forward the Labour’s rail nationalisation agenda, which passed Parliament earlier in November.
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