Heidi Alexander is new Transport Secretary after Louise Haigh quits

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29 Nov 2024 • 11:16 PM MYT
The Independent
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Heidi Alexander has been appointed Transport Secretary after the resignation of Louise Haigh over a undisclosed criminal conviction.

Ms Haigh 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.

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She said in a letter to Sir Keir Starmer that the matter would have been a “distraction” from her work delivering Government policy.

Swindon South MP Ms Alexander had been made a justice minister after Labour won the election in July.