Louise Haigh to Receive Ministerial Severance Pay Following Resignation

The former transport secretary stepped down after admitting to a past criminal offense, as Labour's proposed reforms to severance pay rules remain unimplemented.

• Louise Haigh resigned as transport secretary after admitting to misleading police in 2013 about a stolen work phone.
• Under current rules, ministers under 65 are entitled to severance pay amounting to a quarter of their annual salary if not reassigned within three weeks.
• Haigh's severance payment is expected to be around £16,876, though she could voluntarily decline it, as some ministers have done in the past.
• Labour previously proposed reforms to reduce severance pay to reflect actual earnings and suspend payments for ministers under investigation, but these changes have not been enacted.
• Heidi Alexander has been appointed as the new transport secretary, with additional reshuffles including Sarah Sackman as justice minister and Lucy Rigby as solicitor general.

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