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Helen Corbett

Haigh to get ministerial severance pay, Downing Street says

Former transport secretary Louise Haigh (Aaron Chown/PA) - (PA Wire)

Louise Haigh will get severance pay for her time as transport secretary – unless she decides to opt out, Downing Street has said.

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.

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