Louise Haigh’s resignation as the transport secretary is raising serious questions for Keir Starmer. The Labour MP quit suddenly on Friday morning, less than 12 hours after reports of her 2014 fraud conviction emerged.

When Louise Haigh offered train drivers a whopping 15 per cent pay rise in August, she boldly said she was fulfilling a promise to “move fast and fix things” such as the long-running strikes. Allies of Sir Keir Starmer,

Louise Haigh was likely to have been the victim of a "coordinated briefing" by a "political opponent", a former Labour official has said after she quit as Transport Secretary.

Ms Haigh became the youngest female Cabinet minister to ever be appointed when she was made Transport Secretary earlier this year.

British PM Keir Starmer appointed Heidi Alexander as the new transport minister after Louise Haigh resigned due to a past offence involving false claims to police. Haigh's departure comes amid challenges for Starmer's government with declining approval ratings and controversial tax policies.

Louise Haigh had been the youngest member of the Cabinet before it came to light that she had an old conviction for fraud by misrepresentation

Louise Haigh's resignation, the first from Starmer's top team of ministers since winning a landslide election victory in July, came after media reports that she had been convicted in 2014 for what she described as a "mistake" in connection with misleading police over a work mobile phone.

British Transport Minister Louise Haigh resigned after admitting to a fraud charge linked to a decade-old incident where she mistakenly listed her cellphone as stolen. Despite pleading guilty, she emphasized her political commitment and will now support Prime Minister Keir Starmer from outside the government.

UK Transport Secretary Louise Haigh resigned from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s cabinet after it emerged that she received a criminal conviction for incorrectly telling police that a work phone was stolen during a mugging in 2013.

Louise Haigh has resigned as transport secretary after it emerged she pleaded guilty to a fraud offence a decade ago. Downing Street has named justice minister Heidi Alexander as her replacement. Haigh has admitted telling police in 2013 she had lost her work mobile phone in a mugging,