Lies about mobile phone being stolen: British minister forced to resign

 

Islamabad (News International / Pakistan News - 29th November, 2024 ) According to reports received from London on Friday, November 29, Louise Hague is the first minister in the government of Labour Party Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who came to power after the general election in July this year, to resign from the cabinet.

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The crime she had to resign due to her commission and court confession was revealed only recently, but this is an incident from the period when she was not a member of the British Parliament.

The crime was publicly revealed a day ago

Reports published in the British media on Thursday, November 28 about Louise Hague revealed that she was guilty of lying and concealing the truth in a statement given to the police more than a decade ago.

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Then she falsely told the police that the accused had snatched her mobile phone used for office communications for work.

Later, Louise Hague found the same mobile phone in her handbag but did not report it to the police. After this fact came to light, a case was also filed against her in 2014 on charges of fraud.

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According to reports published in the British media yesterday, Hague had also confessed in court that she had committed fraud. After that, the relevant court ended the trial against her without pronouncing any further sentence.

Resignation sent to Prime Minister Starmer

Louise Hague decided to resign from her post after the revelation of her guilt in this past criminal incident and also wrote a letter to the British head of government, which was also published by Prime Minister Starmer's official residence, 10 Downing Street.

In her resignation, Hague, then 37, wrote that she was resigning as Transport Minister so that the attention of the country's government would not be diverted from its work.

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Hague has resigned as a minister and will continue to be a member of the British Parliament. She wrote in her resignation, "I am and will remain fully committed to the collective political objectives of my party, but in my opinion it would be better for me to continue to work to achieve these objectives outside the government.

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In response to Louise Hague’s letter, Prime Minister Starmer thanked her for her service as Transport Secretary, particularly in her efforts to improve the state of British Railways and return the system to public ownership.

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Labour Party politician Louise Hague has been a member of the House of Commons for the Sheffield constituency in northern England since 2015.

She was the youngest member of Starmer’s cabinet.

Meanwhile, on Friday afternoon, Prime Minister Starmer appointed Heidi Alexander as the new Transport Secretary, replacing Louise Hague. Heidi Alexander was London’s Deputy Mayor for Transport from 2018 to 2021.