Former British Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has accused former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his team of orchestrating a hostile press campaign to undermine her reputation following her cabinet departure, according to reports from the BBC.
Ms. Haigh, the MP for Sheffield Heeley, revealed details surrounding her late 2024 resignation, which followed a 2013 conviction regarding an incorrectly reported stolen work phone.
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She stated that Downing Street officials isolation tactics and media leaks occurred despite her disclosing the legal matter to Starmer years prior, as reported by the BBC's Political Thinking podcast and the Crossed Wires festival.
The former cabinet minister criticized the inner circle operation for systematic hostility directed at top female officials, including Angela Rayner and Sue Gray.
"Cabal of men," stated Louise Haigh, Member of Parliament.
Ms. Haigh detailed that Starmer and chief strategist Morgan McSweeney demanded her resignation over vague claims of new disclosures.
"Additional information," said Louise Haigh, Member of Parliament.
She explained that the subsequent weeks involved relentless, aggressive media briefings from within the government operation.
"To pretend that I hadn't told him and to brief so consistently and so viciously for quite a number of weeks after that was a deliberate attempt to knock my character down," stated Louise Haigh, Member of Parliament.
Ms. Haigh stated that Starmer avoided direct contact during the process and has not spoken with her since.
"I had to really push even for a conversation with Keir, he didn't want to have that conversation, and both Morgan and he kept saying, 'well, additional information has emerged', but at no point would any of them tell me what that additional information was," said Louise Haigh, Member of Parliament.
