British Transport Minister Louise Haigh resigned on Friday due to a decade-old fraud conviction related to a false claim about her stolen cellphone. In a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Haigh expressed her commitment to their political project but believed that her resignation would better serve the government's work and policies.
The resignation followed reports by Sky News and The Times of London that Haigh had been charged with fraud in 2013 after falsely reporting her work cellphone as stolen during a mugging incident. She later admitted to mistakenly including it among the stolen items and pleaded guilty to fraud by misrepresentation, receiving a conditional discharge.
