Heidi Alexander, Britain's opposition Labour Party Shadow Health Secretary delivers her keynote speech at the Labour Party conference at Brighton, Britain, September 30, 2015. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed a new transport minister on Friday after the youngest member of his cabinet quit when it was revealed she pled guilty a decade ago to an offence in connection with misleading the police.
Just hours after Louise Haigh resigned as transport minister after admitting that she had a minor criminal offence relating to a mobile phone she wrongly said had been stolen, Starmer appointed Heidi Alexander, who served as the deputy mayor for transport in London between 2018 and 2021.
