Sky News reports that Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has admitted to pleading guilty to an offence in 2014. Haigh reported a work phone stolen and was called in for questioning after she discovered “some time later” that “the mobile in question had not been taken.” Numerous sources tell Sky the false report was made so she could get “a more modern work handset that was being rolled out to her colleagues at the time”…
Labour candidate Haigh appeared at Camberwell Green Magistrates’ Court six months before the 2015 election and pleaded guilty before getting a slap on the wrist. She did leave her job at Aviva shortly after the incident…
The Cabinet Minister and former policewoman insists it “was a genuine mistake from which I did not make any gain.” Not what that pleading indicates…
Sky notes Haigh is responsible for recruitment of the board which runs the British Transport Police. That’s a tough one…
Starmer loyalist and Housing Secretary Steve Reed told Sky News that Starmer should not be replaced:
“We saw what the Tories did. They were in power for 14 years, and after 2016, I think we had nine education secretaries, seven chancellors, and five Prime Ministers. Doomscrolling through Prime Ministers doesn’t resolve the problem.”