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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aletha Adu Political correspondent

Louise Haigh’s exit dealt with quickly in contrast to Tories, says Labour minister

Louise Haigh
Louise Haigh quit the cabinet on Friday telling Keir Starmer ‘this issue will inevitably be a distraction from delivering the work of this government’. Photograph: James Veysey/Rex/Shutterstock

Decisions over Louise Haigh’s future were “dealt with very quickly” and marked a “big contrast” to how issues were handled under Conservative governments, a cabinet minister has said.

Pat McFadden, the chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, refused to accept suggestions that Haigh’s resignation as transport secretary and controversy over freebies made the Labour government look “chaotic” because he said it was not “something that dragged on for weeks”.

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