Britain's transport minister Louise Haigh has resigned after news reports about a previous fraud conviction involving a company mobile phone, dealing another blow to the new administration of Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Louise Haigh resigned as U.K. transport secretary after Sky News reported she had been convicted of falsely telling police her work mobile phone had been stolen in 2013.

UK transport secretary Louise Haigh has resigned after admitting on Thursday that she had pleaded guilty to a criminal offence over a missing mobile phone. “Whatever the facts of the matter, this issue will inevitably be a distraction from delivering on the work of this government,

Louise Haigh has written to Sir Keir Starmer tendering her resignation as transport secretary after admitting she pleaded guilty to an offence over a mobile phone claim 10 years ago. In her letter to the prime minister,

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has resigned from her government role after admitting to a mobile phone theft 'mistake'.

In a letter to Sir Keir Starmer, she said she believed "it will be best served by my supporting you from outside Government".

Louise Haigh says she did not gain from the ‘genuine mistake’ that led to the conviction months before she was elected in 2015

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has admitted she pleaded guilty after she incorrectly told police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013. Sky News and the Times newspaper reported on Thursday evening that Ms Haigh admitted an offence in 2014 following the incident.