The Latest Breaking News from Louise Haigh

Charities and even unions have begun wielding NDAs to cow and silence

The TSSA tried to prevent former female employees from making allegations of sexual harassment

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2025

Employers must be stopped from using non-disclosure agreements, says ex-minister

Labour former minister Louise Haigh argued that employers cannot be trusted with this ‘tool of oppression’.

Evening Standard · Apr 2, 2025

Ban bosses from ‘improper’ use of NDAs for low-paid workers, says ex-minister

Louise Haigh calls for end to two-tier system over complaints of sexual misconduct or harassment

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2025

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander opposed third runway at Heathrow which Rachel Reeves appears to now back

Exclusive: Heidi Alexander is the eighth Cabinet minister known to have objected to a bigger Heathrow, as has Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2025

Rachel Reeves’s bid to expand Heathrow could add £40 to airline ticket

Treasury analysis shows ticket prices expected to go up across board with no plans for frequent flyers to shoulder more of the cost

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2025

Train drivers seek to put ‘dent’ in cost of living in pay talks

Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan said he did not want to ‘appear antagonistic’.

Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2025

Who has left the Government since Labour took power?

Tulip Siddiq’s resignation as Treasury minister came after the prominent departures of Louise Haigh and Sue Gray.

Evening Standard · Jan 14, 2025

Louise Haigh pleaded guilty to lying that phone was stolen, paper shows

Exclusive: Document sheds new light on episode that led to minister’s exit and guilty plea that friends say she regrets

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2025

Train cancellations top 360,000 for the year as passengers face major disruption

Analysis of the latest Office of Rail and Road data found 208,000 services were fully axed in the year to November 9, with a further 161,000 part-cancelled

The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2024

Starmer should not be the fall guy for Labour’s failures. This disaster was written by committee

The PM’s allies on the right of the party are ideologically opposed to any economic agenda that could see off the threat from Reform, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2024