Haigh tells PM she is ‘totally committed’ but leaves role after incorrectly telling police a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013
Louise Haigh has resigned as transport secretary after it emerged she has a fraud conviction for wrongly reporting her work mobile phone stolen in 2013.
She said in a letter to the prime minister published on Friday that she is “totally committed to our political project” but believes “it will be best served by my supporting you from outside government”.
