Straight off the back of that Sky News report the Times says Louise Haigh has a fraud conviction. Double trouble…
According to the paper, when Haigh was working at Aviva as a public policy manager, the company launched an investigation after she claimed that company mobile phones had been stolen or had gone missing on repeated occasions. Aviva referred the matter to the police and Haigh was prosecuted in 2014…
Haigh has stated that she disclosed the conviction to Sir Keir Starmer when she was appointed shadow Northern Ireland secretary in 2020. She also explained that the events stemmed from a mugging during a night out in 2013, which she described as a “terrifying” experience. As transport secretary, Haigh has a role in appointing members of the board overseeing the British Transport Police. This story has legs…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”