Starmer's spokesman repeatedly told journalists on Friday that Haigh’s resignation came after new information emerged

A Cabinet minister has said he does not know “who knew what when” in relation to the criminal conviction which saw Louise Haigh quit as transport secretary. Ms Haigh resigned on Friday after it emerged she had pleaded guilty to a criminal offence related to incorrectly telling police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013.

Labour party’s Haigh was the youngest member of PM Keir Starmer’s cabinet when a decade-old fraud case resurfaced.

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,

Louise Haigh resigned as Transport Secretary after admitting she incorrectly told police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the MP for Sheffield Heeley said she was “totally committed to our political project” but believes “it will be best served by my supporting you from outside Government”.