Louise Haigh took a photo of her supposedly stolen phone to submit to police AFTER the date of the alleged theft, officers believe

Former transport secretary Louise Haigh took a photo of her supposedly stolen mobile phone to submit to police after the date of the alleged theft, officers believe. Nigel Huddleston, co-chairman of the Conservative Party, said the Prime Minister needed to address what he knew about Ms Haigh’s conviction directly, adding: ‘Keir Starmer appointed Louise Haigh to Cabinet to run a £30billion budget, despite knowing she had a fraud conviction, ‘Pat McFadden was unable to answer what Starmer knew and when. Police believe former Transport Secretary Louise Haigh took a photo of her phone to submit after it was supposedly stolen Ms Haigh, pictured with Sir Keir Starmer in 2021, resigned from the cabinet on Friday morning after details of her 2014 conviction, which she got after pleading guilty to making a false report, emerged ‘And I think that’s quite a contrast between the way this was dealt with and the way some of these things have been dealt with in the past, where they have dragged out. Last night, veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott accused Sir Keir of throwing Ms Haigh ‘under the bus’, adding: ‘He knew that she had this problem with her claim for her mobile phone.