Badenoch: PM owes Commons explanation over Haigh appointment
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Badenoch: PM owes Commons explanation over Haigh appointment
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch says Sir Keir Starmer "owes the House an explanation", as to why Louise Haigh was appointed as transport secretary.
The prime minister replied, "while she's obsessing with Westminster issues, we're getting on with fixing the mess and fixing the foundations".
Haigh resigned from the cabinet last week after it emerged she was found guilty of fraud a decade ago.
Report by Brooksl.
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The new transport secretary says her predecessor Louise Haigh did a "good job" and did an "admirable thing" by resigning. Haigh became the first cabinet secretary to resign from Sir Keir Starmer's government after it emerged that she pleaded guilty to a fraud offence a decade ago. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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The transport secretary has announced the first three rail operators to be renationalised. Heidi Alexander said "in May next year South Western Railway will transfer over, in July C2C and then it will be followed by Greater Anglia Services in the autumn of next year". She added that, "we need to turn the page and ensure that we've got a railway that's fit for the 21st Century". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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