The until now British Minister of Transport, Louise Haigh, resigned this Friday from Keir Starmer’s Labor Government after learning that in 2014 she admitted to a crime of false testimony to the Police for saying in 2013 that her work cell phone had been stolen in a robbery. , when he later found it.
The minister said in a letter to Starmer that, although what happened was “a mistake” that was resolved without being penalized, she does not want it to be a distraction in the work of the Executive. Haigh assured that she remains committed to the Labor project and will support it as an MP in the House of Commons.
The decision of the politician, who has been a deputy since 2015, comes after on Thursday Sky News and ‘The Times’ published that in 2014 she had pleaded guilty in court to having testified incorrectly before the Police in relation to that robbery. year earlier, so officers filed charges.
Given this admission, the court let her go without any penalty, which is the minimum possible outcome, when it is considered that the experience of being accused is sufficient, she explained. “I’m sorry to have to leave under these circumstances, but I’m proud of what we’ve done. “I will continue to fight every day for the people of Sheffield Heeley, for whom I was chosen to represent,” the youngest minister in history declared in her letter.
The first resignation of the Starmer Labor Government
In his response, the prime minister thanked him for his work to “carry out the ambitious transportation agenda of this Government”, of which he highlighted the progress to renationalize the railway system, one of the priorities of this Executive. “I know you will still be able to make a great contribution in the future,” Starmer told Haigh, 37.
This resignation is the first of a minister in this Government since the Labor Party came to power after winning by an absolute majority in the July 4 elections, which ended 14 years of Conservative rule.
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