After it was revealed that Louise Haigh had entered a guilty plea to a fraud charge ten years prior, she resigned as transport secretary.
Heidi Alexander, the justice minister, has been appointed by Downing Street to succeed her.
Haigh acknowledged informing police in 2013 that she had been mugged and lost her work cell phone, but she later discovered it was not stolen.
In the wake of the incident that occurred prior to her becoming a Member of Parliament, magistrates granted her a conditional discharge.
The 37-year-old Haigh said her nomination as the “youngest ever” female cabinet member “remains one of the proudest achievements of my life.” This is the first resignation from Sir Keir Starmer’s administration.
